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Originally Posted by kendi
I call it pop. My husband and I are from opposite sides of the same city. He never heard of the word “stoop” (he thought I was calling the front porch stupid). Nor did he ever hear the phrase “teeming rain.”
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Exactly! Stoop sitting was a favorite passtime, and teeming rain was a common term.
As was "landing." Then there was "yinz," which would earn us a time out if we ever used.
"Kennywood's open" meant your fly was unzipped.
"n'at" (also verboten slang in our family), is usually tacked onto the end of a sentence, sort of meant et cetera. There is a bumper sticker: N@