Things you only hear in the South

Here is a handy primer for some common phrases and words used in the South for those who aren’t from the area.
You will see the Southern word or phrase first followed by the definition.
Mash the button = press the button
Poke Salad = a dish prepared using American Pokeweed
Buggy = shopping cart
Skeeters = mosquitos
It’s coming up a cloud = a storm is coming
You don’t believe cow horns will hook = unrealistic, doesn’t believe
Kin = member of immediate or extended family
Cut the lights on / off = turn on / off the lights
How’s you mama nem? = How is your mom and family
Crack the winder = open the window
Friday week = Not this Friday – the next one.
Needer = neither
Walla-go = a while ago
No count = not good
Yourn = yours
Rurnt = ruined
Bless their heart = the person being discussed is stupid
Warsh = wash
Over yonder = over there
The devil is beating his wife = raining while the sun is shining
A poke = shopping bag
Maters & taters = tomatoes and potatoes
Drop cord = power extension cable
Church it up = to make something appear better than it is
Younguns = children
Ain’t hit a lick at a snake all day = lazy
Yawnt to? – you want to?
Pocketbook = purse
Commode = toliet
Thongs = Flip-flops
Ya’ll = you all
Pawpaw and Meemaw = grandfather and grandmother
Sit a spell = sit for a while
Toboggan = winter hat
A mess of = a lot of
I swanee = I swear
Fixin = getting ready to do something – or a meal’s side item
Miller = moth
Clothes rack = clothes hanger
The sugar = diabetes
Reckon = to think or suppose
Stoved up = sprained or sore
Nary one = not one
Nanna or Nanner = banana
Spikit = water faucet
Airish = cold
Clodhoppers = large shoes
Directly = in a little while
Shindig = a dance or celebration
Playing possum – playing dead
Smokehouse = shed with dirt floor for curing meat
Sorry = poor quality, worthless or lazy
Wart-taker = one who removes warts by charms or spells
Biggity = vain and overbearing
Bitty bit = small amount
Aim to = plan to do
Do-hicky = substitute name for an object you can’t name
Piddle = wasting time
Falling out – disagreement
Tight = stingy with money
Catawampus = not level, crooked