[dewilson58]

Big hat, no cattle.

[BobnBev]

Wanna go check out a "flick"====Movie

[BK001]

Gumare: A longtime mistress. From the Italian "comare", which means "second mother" or "godmother". Used in slang to denote a mistress who is like a second wife.

"I took my wife out for dinner but I had dessert up with my gumar."

[redwitch]

I mean like, really Dude. You know that is just totally bitchen. ... Yup, the California girl is hidden in me somewhere.

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by redwitch

I mean like, really Dude. You know that is just totally bitchen. ... Yup, the California girl is hidden in me somewhere.

"Don't harsh my mellow."

[rustyp]

Bless his heart.

[Fredman]

Originally Posted by CFrance

Yunz, jagoff, gumband, 'n-at, warsh, Arn City Beer. Dahntahn. J'eatyet? Slippy, 'SLiberty. Stillers. All in a crazy, unique accent only found in the metropolitan area, that studies have shown transcends all educational and financial levels.
Pittsburgh

You forgot "red up" which means clean up the house. Incidentally a gumband is a rubber band.

[Buffalo Jim]

" Ya gotta make hay while the sun shines " . Meaning : When conditions are right you must act .

[Doro22]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Two phrases that mean nothing and should be banned are "at the end of the day" and "I'll be honest with you".

I totally agree...100%. How about “twenty four/seven.” It’s used way too much.

[zmarkp]

"Well, I swan!"
NC

[Doro22]

Love this thread: funny, interesting and educational. My husband’s family...Italian from Boston use the term “gunawatsoo”. (Sp. - ?). When referring to a tea towel or dish towel. “Hand me that gunawatsoo so I can wipe down the counter.” Has anyone else ever heard this term.

Originally Posted by Doro22

Love this thread: funny, interesting and educational. My husband’s family...Italian from Boston use the term “gunawatsoo”. (Sp. - ?). When referring to a tea towel or dish towel. “Hand me that gunawatsoo so I can wipe down the counter.” Has anyone else ever heard this term.

Must be the Italian part because I come from up that way and have never heard this.

[BK001]

Originally Posted by Doro22

Love this thread: funny, interesting and educational. My husband’s family...Italian from Boston use the term “gunawatsoo”. (Sp. - ?). When referring to a tea towel or dish towel. “Hand me that gunawatsoo so I can wipe down the counter.” Has anyone else ever heard this term.

I'm from Brooklyn with a very heavy Italian influence via ex-in-laws, but that's a new one on me. You reminded me of another that I heard frequently:

"Scolapasta" but pronounced skoolabast -- It was Italian for colander.

[Doro22]

Uhmn'. interesting. Oh BTW his Grandparents came over from Sicily. Maybe it was local dialect.

[Lindaketchup]

Originally Posted by CFrance

Yunz, jagoff, gumband, 'n-at, warsh, Arn City Beer. Dahntahn. J'eatyet? Slippy, 'SLiberty. Stillers. All in a crazy, unique accent only found in the metropolitan area, that studies have shown transcends all educational and financial levels.
Pittsburgh

Originally Posted by Fredman

You forgot "red up" which means clean up the house. Incidentally a gumband is a rubber band.

In addition, Pittsburghers pronouce out as "aht"
Pennsylvania is pronouced "Penns-ah-vania"
Jaggers are thorns, any type of shrubbery with thorns are "jagger-bushes".
Clodhoppers are work boots or any type of large heavy shoe.
Creek is prounounced "crick".
House coat, pronounced "haus coat" is a type of terry cloth or light cotton coverup worn around the house by grandma to do her "haus work".
A "jag-off" is a jerk.
Northside is prounouced "Nor-side, Southside is pronouced sah-side"
Telling someone "Kennywood's open" means the zipper on their pants is down.
"Nebby" means nosy. "Yinz are bein' nebby"
"Jumbo" is bologna.

There are quite a few more. Pittsburghers tend to drop letters, slur their words together and not annunciate. The dialect is called "Pittsburghese" and there is a site called pittsburghese dot com that has audio files to listen to the dialect.