Brit Reacts to Guessing What These Southern US Words Mean

[@karenh.]

I was fixin' to repair the cabinet door because it was all cattywampus, but I ended up piddling around trying to find the doohickey for that whatchamacallit.😂 Im from Texas, and heard all of these growing up in the 60's... Except mudd'n. That one is more recent.

[@jikook7457]

I understood everything u said 🙂 I'm not southern, but West Virginians are hillbillys so it comes naturally to us. Except the fixin to, I learned that when I moved to florida.

[@Xassaw]

Ohhh my gosh, SO WELL SAID! Ya dun fergot ta eat yer hoecake tho, or are ya plum out!

[@buffalobill9958]

Mudd'n has been around awhile. I'm 30 and it was around when I was a kid. Though I grew up on dirt bikes and four wheelers so we'd also take the wheelers mudd'n.

[@karenh.]

@@buffalobill9958 .. ok more recent to me is within the last 25-30 years, I'm over 65. 😉

[@YaoiFan22]

@@jikook7457 I understood and I only knew doohickey and fixin' before this video.

[@bamachine]

Lived in the south for 52 years, "plumb" means three different things, depending on the context. It can be the "plumb tired" described in the video. It can also mean something is perfectly level, builders often use something called a "plumb bob" to line up vertical level. You will hear something like "that counter is perfectly plumb". Also it can mean the act of installing plumbing. Like so, "Bob is going to plumb the new bathroom today".

[@xzonia1]

Yes, I've heard it used all these ways. It's a versatile word. :)

[@tracyfitch4873]

I was born and raised in Georgia and I didn’t know a few of these. I think southern words are definitely regional. Also, commode is specifically the toilet, not bathroom or restroom. Like, we don’t say “I’m going to the commode”. You might say, “the commode is clogged” or “I need to clean the commode”. And, we commonly leave off the “g” in words that end in “ing”, like “goin”, “fixen”, “needin”, etc.

[@happypraise9426]

Yep, no need for "g"

[@courtneymartinez8639]

Same here, I leave the “g” off tons of words. I also say “lota” instead of “ lot of”

[@sherryb5369]

Same here, I'm from New Orleans. Ain't is a good word, it has a lot of meanings if you think about it.

[@andromedaspark2241]

Huh, I kinda thought commode was a word used in most the country. Old fashioned but universally understood.

[@jikook7457]

Being an American, hearing someone say I'm going to the toilet, gives me the icks lol it sounds crass to my ears.

[@sherryb5369]

At some restaurants fixins are side dishes like french fries or onion rings, etc. We piddle around, you're correct. No...hissy fit is correct. I'm from New Orleans , ya'll did real well. I heard you say, reckon, that's a Southern term and you used it properly. I'm proud of you.😊😊

[@parkedavis6565]

I'm from South Carolina and piddling definitely does mean "piddling around". Piddling is really just doing busy work around your shop or going through your stuff. Nothing of consequence. To "piddle" means to waste time on something.

[@lesscoRyden]

Cackalacky represent!

[@MudderToad]

From SC as well, and totally agree. I think some of these terms can vary regionally, as Texas over to the Carolinas then up to Virginia get lumped into "The South" which is a HUGE area. One word that would be good to see on the list is "yonder."

[@LoopyTexMex]

Texas too! Never heard piddling in the definition he got from Google. We say everything without the "g" just like fixin'. "I'm fixin' to go to HEB. Y'all need anything?"

[@bonniecarlson608]

I'm from Alabama, and I use it both ways: Piddling around or something is piddling (nothing, doesn't matter)

[@thegravy42]

I’m also from SC and I have always used as a term for f’ing off

[@gnomebanta2297]

Druthers comes from “would rather” in first person, so “I’d ruther” turned into “druther”. To me a doohickey is often specifically something that has a function. It’s a DO-hickey, hickey meaning thing. Like calling someone out on a fancy watch, “that doohickey you got there” or you don’t want to use the complicated name for it cause you just summing up the process, “so you mess with the doohickey and set it to this much and then flip this switch”

[@marlainalindsey3279]

I'm from the south and doohickey is so common lol 😂😂😂

[@TanyaQueen182]

I was born and raised in Boston and my family always said doohickey and thingamabob lol. I live in the South now, and the slang down here is something else. Like a whole new language hahah I love it all!

[@TanyaQueen182]

ours was thingamabob lol @@mamaw757

[@geminiecricket4798]

I was born in Texas and we brought that word to Southern California 1956 and still use it today.

[@happypraise9426]

​@TanyaQueen182 Born & raised in Louisiana & you're right, it is a different language. This guy haven't even scratched the surface 😅

[@xzonia1]

@@happypraise9426 So true! Here's some more slang he might not know: shoot the breeze whopper-jawed bread-and-butter pig in a poke pigs in a blanket caterwauling fit to be tied lickety split spin a yarn :)

[@nrrork]

The thing is, when we hear these words used out in real world conversation, it's always _in context,_ so even of it's a word you never heard before, you can usually infer what it means.

[@lesscoRyden]

Howdy Y'all. Was piddling around the other day over yonder makin some hoecakes, but I forgot to throw the collards in the buggy when I was at the market.. they came out all catawapus so we just tossed them in the commode and when the kids threw a hissy I told em to hold their horses it ain't no hill of beans, we'd just have some hoppin john and go muddin instead.

[@jooleebilly]

My mom was from the south, and my grandpa was born and raised in Tommyhawk, Kentucky. I loved the way he'd say things like "Pass me that there doohickey" Or "Dooflippey" or Dooflunkey." He also had this way of telling a story or a joke (a dad joke, not a funny one) and if you didn't react, he'd say "Say" to elicit a response. Sometimes a few times in a row until I'd moan "Very funny, grandpa." Because I was 14 and everything was lame in my little baby mind. I miss him. He made the best fried apples and pancakes. And he'd make cornbread, and with the leftovers he'd cut them into chunks, put them into a tall glass, and pour milk over top of 'em and eat it like a breakfast cereal. I do that to this day! I also make black eye peas and hamhocks with cornbread and rice and greens for New Year's Day for good luck with money. Also because it's so very delicious I can't live without it. I'd like to be christened an honorary Southerner for all the foods and people I grew to love when I lived in the South. It's not my fault my parents settled in Northern California! Okay, I love it here too. But OMG the memories I treasure from Florida and Georgia ... and eating Aunt Reba's cooking!

[@xzonia1]

Home is where the heart is. If the South is in your heart, you're an honorary Southerner for sure. :)

[@Thejxns]

I’m from Kentucky, Tomahawk isn’t far from us. If you’re eating your black-eyed peas and pouring cold milk over your cornbread, you can definitely call yourself a southerner…even if it is, at heart! …and I laughed so hard when I read that your Grandpa would use ‘say’, to illicit a response. My Dads side of the family are more deep seated than my moms side and they still do that. When my brother sees someone he hasn’t seen in awhile he happily says “say!”. It’s kinda like Whaddya say or What do you say, or How are you. LOL

[@task_master6115]

"I'm commoding" had me dying 🤣 I'm definitely saying that in the future

[@daricetaylor737]

Cheese hoecake with jalapeno peppers is AMAZING!!!! They are basically cornmeal batter fried like a pancake, topped with lots of butter.

[@xzonia1]

@@mamaw757 I just googled, and hoecakes look like a stack of pancakes. Poppers are jalapenos stuffed with cheese, coated with a flour batter, and deep fried. Not the same thing.

[@LadyCarol77]

Depending on the context, "bless your heart" can be a polite-ish way to say eff you.

[@Anonymously-speaking]

Or to make it seem like you’re not insulting somebody when you are like, for instance “she’s the worst driver on the planet… bless her heart”

[@revgurley]

Born and raised southerner. This is cracking me up. "Buggy" is the thing you push around getting groceries. "Fixin'" is "I'm about to..." Druthers - kind of like "options." "If I had my druthers, I wouldn't go to Sally's party." Hoecake and cornbread are basically synonyms, just the shape is a bit different. "Catywumpus" means crooked, off-center. "That mirror you put up is all catywumpus." Piddling is less than you expect, or a small amount. Commode is a toilet. (I laughed too hard at the next one) Doohickey is any object that you can't think of the name of. "Hey, husband? Can you grab the doohickey off the porch? I need to clean it." Hoppin' John is black eyed peas mixed with other stuff. The liquid on the bottom is great for soaking your Hoecake in. If someone is very angry, especially for no apparent reason, they're having a hissy fit (or hissy). Luckily, I've lived in mostly urban areas of the South, so I haven't gone "mudding," but I hear it's lots of fun to watch.

[@FrankEPotts]

The liquid at the bottom of the black eyed peas is called Pot Liquor.😊

[@llGracell]

I'm from Illinois and a lot of the same words are used up North as well. I find, America is so diverse and with travel being so much easier, people moving for job purposes, or because they met someone - you'll find sprinklings of all the little idiosyncrasies that make us the melting pot that is America. Also, you commented about the names of places in one of your previous videos. I just wanted to let you know, that many of the names in the United States were taken from Native American Tribes that lived in the lands before us. Love your streams!

[@maryfowler7229]

I completely agree! I am from Washington state, Seattle specifically; and while I do not personally use all the words, I have heard all of them used at some point and time. I love the fact that America is such a giant melting pot of different people, languages, etc. Imo variety is one of the best spices of life. 😊

[@paulinesoares3594]

In the south we have many meanings for “you good” 1. Are you full- food 2 no harm done 3 you ok? 4 got enough money? 5 don’t worry about it.

[@xzonia1]

Right as rain :)

[@brianburton6154]

Born and raised in Florida, ive never heard the word buggy, used to describe a shopping cart, or a grocery cart. We just use the term cart. What I heard because of his thick British accent was boogie, wich means to dance or let's go!

[@ejcarroll123]

I’m from Georgia and that’s the word we use for shopping cart

[@nancyfried7239]

Florida ain’t considered southern since mostly Yankees live there so of course you don’t know buggy.

[@hosswik]

Speaking as someone from KY I am going to answer these as they pop up. Buggy: will either refer to a shopping cart/trolley or more often it is used for when something is not working how it’s supposed to. Fixin: getting ready to do something or it can be used to refer to turkey stuffing. Druthers: is not used anywhere around me. Hoecake: I had no idea. Catawampus: Gone sideways/off track. Piddling: pathetic/small Commode: Toilet. Doohickey: Random gadget or thing you can’t remember what it is. Hush up: be quite or I’ll make you be quite. Plumb: completely. Hoppin John: never heard it used around here. Washateria: never heard it used around here. Hissy: whiney Mudding: going off roading.

[@easybreezy4559]

Im from NY near Canada and we have variations of these also. Some I had no clue but I love these! I learn so much about the states with you!!

[@vickiewallace415]

You make me laugh! As an actual senior citizen that lives in Atlanta GA you’re killing me

[@sady954]

I'm from North Carolina and mudding is known here. Another common word used around here is "yonder"

[@susiesimmer2855]

I'm from southeast Louisiana and we use them all down here. I'm surprised yonder wasn't on there. Hoppin John is seasoned black-eyed peas over rice.

[@cterrell1976]

We sometimes say finna instead of fixin. " I'm finna run to the store u need anything?" 😂

[@lilacpower2693]

Yup. We sho do☺️.

[@anthonyorsini]

Yeah "fitna" was what we'd use in Texas. It's weird to think that it is confusing to Brits but then I look at it and I'm like.. yeah it's pretty random.

[@JaimeMason]

Finna, fitna, fin to, all the same.😆😆😆

[@vickiewallace415]

We sure do!

[@TheKrs911]

I’ve only heard fixin ta in GA and it was always older white people.

[@terrieannschmearer]

Hoe cakes were originally cooked on a heated hoe (as in the garden tool). I only know this because we had a pioneer village outside of town and during Harvest Festival they would make hoe cakes.

[@-EchoesIntoEternity-]

brown pile of beans on toast brits: mmmm thats good stuff!!! Hoppin' John (basically spiced flavorful beans and rice) brits: ewwwww wot!!!!

[@NannerBrams]

I've heard all of these. Some of them quite regularly in the South. I use words like fixin' to, piddling around, and hissy fit. I also use words like yonder (means over there somewhere) and reckon (means I think so or I'd imagine). I also say cattywampus instead of catawampus but it means the same

[@oktomcat]

Some of these words are not only used in the south. Growing up in New York, I have heard "hissy", "commode", "piddling", "doohickey", "hush up" and "buggy" (even though shopping cart is mostly used in NY) used.

[@sselt]

Lots of these slang words are relics from a century or more ago. 'Plumb' refers to the element lead (Pb) in Latin. Builders would hang a lead weight from a string to see if a wall was vertical and this became the process of 'checking for plumb'. But in slang people combine this word with 'crazy' and it means completely or totally crazy as in 'That girl is plumb crazy!' This is the weird way that slang evolves in all languages.

[@MikeParadigm]

Born and raised in North Carolina here (age 37 for perspective). I’ve heard and used the following words here: buggy, “fixin’”/fixing (this can also mean food in the south as well, as in “We’re having turkey with all the fixings for Thanksgiving”), piddling (this is ultra rare though, I’ve maybe used/heard it a handful of times my entire life), commode (this is a common word in the south for toilet), dohickey, hush up (though you will hear shut up more often, but yeah it’s more polite which falls into the souther hospitality mindset), plumb (you’ll hear “I plumb forgot about that” in conversation), hissy (children acting up might be referred to as “they’re having a hissy fit”). Words I’ve never heard in my life/never used: druthers, hoecake, catawampus, hoppin’ John, washateria, mudding (this is called mud slinging around here instead).

[@darcyjorgensen5808]

Only in the South is a shopping cart called a “buggy”.

[@theo-avl]

I knew them all. I'm from the Southern US.

[@radishgirrrl]

Cattywampus is a word I use often. I love it. Someone told me it originates from the Appalachian Mountains which run through several states on the southeastern seaboard of the US. I looked it up. They were right. There's a mythical half dog, half cat creature that wanders aimlessly through the Appalachians. It tends be mischievous. There's various folklore about it. So cattywampus means something askew, something not quite right. Like a crooked picture on a wall or an outfit that doesn't quite match. I've even used it to describe people. But I now know why I use this word so much. I was raised in New Jersey, but my parents were from West Virginia, a state which is commonly associated with the Appalachians. Lightbulb moment for me.

[@debbarringer1967]

i don't say buggy, i say shopping cart. i'm fixin' to laugh at Lewis. by the end of the day, i'm plumb tuckered out!

[@sue3317]

I had a coworker tell others I was using inappropriate language at work. Had to explain what doohickey meant in the south (where I was from.) Used the word thingamajig as an example. They thought that was obscene as well. :)

[@TanyaQueen182]

the first time I ever heard someone use the term "Dongle" I was at work and overheard a coworker say "I'm going to go get the dongle our of my car." I thought my coworker was gonna get fired for saying that word at work. 🤣

[@Marndarrr]

They the same people that fire english teachers who teach homophones and also call everyone else a snowflake? 😂

[@xzonia1]

I got in trouble at work once after having surgery because I brought a medical device to work to help me wipe after using the toilet, and some of my coworkers saw it and thought it was a very different thing (for self pleasure, if you know what I mean). Good grief! I had to explain it to my supervisor, and she couldn't forbid me from bringing it to work to use, but asked me to hide it in a bag so no one would see it and get offended. Lol. Some people are too much!

[@Marndarrr]

Just gotta throw the words “hoozymawhatsit” and “whatamajigger” in this thread, too. I love these supercalifragilisticexpialidocious words.

[@leeannsavoy]

Lol you had me laughing at what you thought the meanings were. You crack me up you're so funny, but some of the words I knew but have not used them.

[@xzonia1]

He's delightful. :)

[@ReneeHydrick]

Hoecakes are delicious! They are basically cornbread pancakes. Cornbread is made with corn meal. Hush Puppies are the bomb, as well. They are fried balls of cornbread dough, which are even better with different sauces. Ketchup or honey butter are the most popular, but they're also great with tartar sauce, cocktail sauce, a nice remoulade...

[@taylizbeth]

I love hearing you say some of these! I’m from South Carolina and it’s so fun!!!

[@susanstanley1746]

Some people eat blackeyed peas on new years day for good luck I never heard of the hopping John food though

[@CCRedMaiden83]

Mudding is used for four wheeling in my area

[@sandpiperlane9309]

This is funny watching you trying to figure these out! 😂

[@Omni-Blast]

I'm a Southern gal and definitely say fixin...... a lot. lol 😂 I'm fixin to go to HEB to get some groceries actually. 😂❤

[@TheValwood]

We use fixin' in Texas. We also use 'fix' to mean prepare...Like I would say, "I'm gonna fix dinner." Some of the words I didn't know either, but Texas is only marginally known as part of the South.

[@fermisparadox01]

I reckon I'm fixin to go fix dinner

[@ralphwilson6859]

I'm from the south we use all but I also like to use thingamajig instead of doohickey

[@nathanmclaughlin304]

When explaining a complex computer issue "Jus plug the doohickey into the thingamajig but make sure you dont let it get all catawampus or you might be fixn to screw something up and end up with a piddling excuse for a laptop and might as well throw it into the commode"

[@Anonymously-speaking]

👏 😂

[@k-ro3746]

I'm familiar with catawapus, but sometimes in the Ozark Mountains where I grew up I heard it substituted with "whopperjawed". An example, "Clyde cain't build fer shit. That thing is plumb whopperjawed." In the mountainous regions of the South there was traditionally a strong Scotch Irish influence that produced a very strong "R" sound. It has faded a lot with time and the mountains being much less remote than they used to be due to many roads and highways being paved through them. Plus the Advent of satellite television and technology has exposed people to more mainstream language that has in many ways killed the traditional Scotch Irish words and accent.

[@robynbeach3198]

I've heard southerners call a regular toilet the commode, but generally speaking, a commode is more like the portable chair version of a bed pan. It's used in Healthcare for people who can be assisted to stand and pivot to sit up on a chair and go in a plastic bucket, but can't yet walk to the bathroom. It's like a transition from laying in bed and using the bed pan to being able to go to the bathroom. Sometimes the bucket is taken out and they're put over the toilet because they're higher and easier to stand up from. Shower chairs for the elderly and handicapped are also equipped to be used as commodes, and since they have wheels you can put a patient in a shower chair, let them do their business in the bucket and then remove it to clean it out, or wheel it over the toilet, and then wheel them straight into an accessible shower, and with the bucket removed the toilet style seat allows you to reach important areas to wash them.

[@jamesashton9546]

plumb in construction comes from the bubble on a level, the bubble is plumb if its between the lines, then its flush, its lined up

[@valeriekokenge659]

The south has their own vocabulary! Rabbits are bunny not buggy. There are many names for shopping carts in various places. The south says buggy. Druthers is “I’d rather”. We have pancakes, hotcakes or flapjacks made with flour but hoecakes are made with cornmeal. Piddling means all those things. Doohickey is a “thing” like doodad or thingamabob. Plumb is utterly, completely. Hoppin John is black eyed peas and rice. You eat it at new year’s dinner for good luck in the coming year. Washateria is a laundromat. Hissy fits are tantrums. Going mudding is driving thru mud

[@thoughtsofamisfit9008]

Buggy is only used in some areas of the country… we just call them carts 🛒 here in the buckeye state (Ohio)

[@-EchoesIntoEternity-]

since when is Ohio considered part of the South? ya realize the video is about Southern terms.

[@HappyValleyDreamin]

Yep! Here in Colorado, same.

[@GaryParrish-tg6ky]

I'm from Texas and when we say mudden. It means to take a 4 wheel drive truck. That's lifted or jacked up and go play in the mud tour. You tried to get stuck and then get unstuck from sinking so deep in the mud.😊

[@Nitehawke]

I'm in the north. Our version of catywampus would be "nuffed up". Pidling means insignificant. A commode is a toilet even in the north. We also use doohickey as well as thingamajig, thingamabob and whatsit. Hushup is not just a southern thing. Plumb is straight, hence a "plumb bob" which is a weight on a string you hang to see that an upright structure is straight or leaning. We also use hissy, normally combined with fit, meaning someone got angry. Mudding is definitely taking your vehicle (truck, SUV, 4 wheeler) out in fields, etc.

[@bethlovcy1276]

I am plumb tuckered out meaning extremely tired, we used to say a doohickey with the thingamabob on it meaning we couldn't remember the name, hoe cakes got their name because they cooked on the hoe plate in the fields by workers, my grandmother always wore a doo rag while cleaning, a piece of cloth wrapped around the head to the hair clean. I am 74 and sure there are others I have forgotten over time, lol.

[@crowdedisolation]

Yes, all those words are used in the South. When I moved here from the midwest to the south I was constantly asking what words meant. LOL A toboggan is a knit cap worn in the winter....not a sled. A sled is called a sleigh even if there are no horses pulling it. It's crazy stuff like that that I had to get used to.

[@RaeMcCarver]

Here in central Alabama, going mudding is legit a thing. Big pickup truck, huge mud tires, driving hard and fast through mud bogs. I just know this guy (Lewis?) would LOVE mud riding. Somebody chime in and describe it for him. Rolller coaster meets mud wrestling, maybe?

[@jayeharrison4533]

I’m plum tuckered out after running all those errands, and I never did find the doohickey I need to fix the truck.

[@krosanknight]

For me doohicky is used when you want someone to hand you something but you forgot what it's called. For example you're putting together some ikea lost in the instructions and forget what the allen wrench is called

[@klycan33]

Im in the PNW in WA State and I knew most of these. We dont use them regularly but Ive heard of them.

[@ladylisaromance8129]

I'm from Tennessee so I'll probably know them all. 😂😂😂 Buggy: shopping cart (pram is a stroller) Fixin: I'm about to. I'm fixin to cook dinner Druthers: I'd drather watch L3WG Hoecake😂 pancake made with cornmeal Catawampus: something went sideways Piddling: Not doing much, just piddling around Commode: toilet- I need the commode now Doohicky: When you can't remember the name of something. Give me that doohicky as you're pointing 👉 at it. Hush up: shut up (southern mom's say it in church Plum: I'm plum exhausted (very) Hopping John: New years food Washateria: ???? Hissy: usually a southern female fit. She threw such a hissy fit! Mudding: going four wheeling in a big truck or 4 wheeler I knew all but the laundrymat /washateria??? 😂

[@xzonia1]

Washateria is a Texas thing. Growing up, I went to a brand-name Washateria in town with my grandma many times when we'd visit in the summertime because grandma and grandpa lived on a farm and didn't have a washer/dryer there; the water was too mineral-filled on their land for a washing machine to work, and she hung all her clothes to dry on clotheslines.

[@ladylisaromance8129]

@@xzonia1 It sounds fancy compared to laundry mat or laundromat 😉

[@ericdabear]

I would use caution with piddling because it can indeed mean "going number 1". but as his video also says, it means "not a lot". So when my grandmother would say "It looked like it was going to rain but it's just piddling".. it's a *ahem* weak stream. I think his definition would be more what my grandmother would call a "p*ss ant" common for plumb "I'm plumb tuckered out!" or as I think you say, knackered!

[@KeleeS1275]

I'm a California giri. The only word on the list I wasn't familiar with is "washateria". We just call them "laundromats" around here. Everything else I understood completely, but don't usually hear unless speaking to someone either from the south or from a very southern family. Hoppin' John is actually really delicious! If you've never tried black-eyed peas, you should. They're not similar to any other beans I can think of. They have their own very distinctive flavor that automatically makes most Americans think of the south. This dish is a mix of black-eyed peas, rice, ham, and a few spices. There's normally quite a bit of cayenne pepper or sometimes fresh peppers to make it spicy. That can be adjusted for personal preference.

[@donaldinnewmexico]

Fixin is also an ingredient for cooking.

[@greyblue92]

yep! Get a hot dog with all the fixins and trimmings. One of my relatives from North Carolina asked for a "plain hot dog" expecting it to have "slawfer" on it (cole slaw) and probably mustard but instead she got just a hot dog on a bun and my grandparents thought this was hilarious. Never liked cole slaw on hot dogs personally. I think slaw as a topping is more of a southern thing.

[@cherie5133]

Born and raised in the south and muddin is done only with 4x4 trucks, jeeps, or SUVs unless you happen to enjoy getting stuck in the mud. It’s a whole thing with a bonfire by the mud hole and lots of beer drinking. So much fun.

[@helencantimagine]

Born and raised in Tennessee. I've heard and used these words my whole life. When I was a single girl I had a 4x4 truck and went mudding in my truck. I was an hour late to my first date with my husband because I had gotten stuck in the mud.

[@Marndarrr]

If that’s a bowl of salted collard greens mixed with black-eyed peas that Lawrence has got, it’s pretty dang good- but it needs some salsa. I also like green beans mixed with black-eyed peas. Both collard greens and black-eyed peas are considered “good luck” foods, especially around New Years.

[@xzonia1]

I use piddling all the time (said it several times this week alone), and it does mean to waste time or muck about, not doing much of anything important. Here in Texas people say catty-corner or kitty-corner, not catawampus (but I'm weird and usually just say diagonally, lol). Hissy fit was correct. Think of like a snake or cat hissing at you; he got all hissy about it. Hissy implies it's a more concerning sort of anger like an adult would have (take more seriously, potentially threatening), and hissy fit implies more like throwing a tantrum how a child does (harmless, non-threatening); oh, he's just having a hissy fit. We say strollers instead of prams. I've never had Hoppin' John, but I eat plain black-eyed peas and rice every New Year's (very curious what spices are used). I'd never heard of Hoecake before, and that's the only word he listed that I'd never heard prior to seeing this video. Lol :)

[@oktomcat]

I have had Hopin' Jon but did not know that it was called "Hopin' Jon". We just called it "Blackeyed Peas and Rice". We often added ground beef to it. It is good. You should try it.

[@darcyjorgensen5808]

A “push chair” is a stroller.

[@JaimeMason]

Hoppin John is food, usually reserved for New Years day. It has Black eyed peas, cabbage & some more stuff. My Grand used to make it & it's delicious.

[@WhatDayIsItTrumpDay]

Plumb means level with the ground due to gravity. Like when you install a fence post in ground, you use a spirit level to make sure each side is straight up and down with gravity.

[@Bar-Buryin]

I'm from Alabama so I knew all of them naturally, with the exception of "washetaria".

[@cougarjrv9890]

Lewis! I'm from Minnesota (north) and when my husband and I moved to Muskogee, Oklahoma (south) and I swear to God, the first thing I heard was a lady on her phone saying, "I'm fixin' to pick up Bubba in 10 minutes." Not only was "fixin' to" alien to me, but I quickly learned that a lot of males on the south are called Bubba and females are called Sissy. We've since moved to Arkansas, and I'm still learning new Southern phrases.

[@alanpeterson4939]

“I’d rather” is shortened to “I druther”

[@HappyValleyDreamin]

That's what I thought, too, choice!

[@catherinesearles1194]

Plumb used as an adjective as in plumb crazy means beyond crazy or plumb used in construction - mean aligned

[@CarinRutherfordCreel]

Boogie (Buggy 😂) the first word, boogie would mean to dance, i.e. to boogie down to disco music. A buggy is anything with wheels and seat, i.e., a baby trolley or pram, a shopping cart, a horse and buggy, a Volkswagen bug (love bug). 😅 Hoecake is a sort of cornmeal and buttermilk hotcake, pancake, cornbread cake. Piddling, etymologically began as meaning to waste time doing something of unimportance, also means pissing away time, or piddling around. Commode, this word began as meaning a piece of washroom furniture used to hold a large jug of water and large bowl (sink sized) for washing one’s face, shaving, brushing teeth, etc before running water was available in homes. Nowadays, still a piece of washroom furniture, but describes the toilet of water (self explanatory)😅 Druthers is slang for the words I would rather, or I’d rather, or I druther, as in I druther eat a whole cow than eat a cat. It is commonly utilized to compare things, with the druther one being the preferred item. Doohickey is a very informal word for an object whose name you don't know, have forgotten, or can't recall at the moment. It's often used to refer to gadgets or parts of things that might not even have a commonly known name, as in Before we attach the bracket, we have to insert this doohickey here. Hush up means to stop making noise, be quiet. Plum refers to plumb bob, a tool used that’s primary function is to ensure verticality. It can be used on construction sites for ensuring walls are perfectly upright and surveying to determine the over-head point. Plumben refers to the weighted lead tool attached to the end of a string. To make something plumb is to ensure it’s perfectly upright. Hoopin’ John usually consists of black eyed peas, green beans, and rice. Laundromat or laundry mat is a type of public laundry service shop consisting of several rows of quarter operated pay to use washers and dryers. One may also leave their laundry with a laundromat attendee whom will wash, dry and fold or hang clothing items for a payment and to be later picked up. Muddin’ is to take a truck with large mud wheels out to the mud fields to play in the mud. 😂😂😂🇺🇸

[@moonfisher]

Cattawampus is regional. We also say cattycorner, kittycornered, and whopperjawed, lol. Your UK equivalent might be the word wonky. In California, most folks just say crooked, askew, misaligned, etc.

[@blaowtousai]

Buggy can also be like a go-cart "Hop in my buggy and lets see how muddy we can get." Might even be able to throw a "Yumpta" in there to make it a question for anybody else if they want to do that. "Yumpta hop in my buggy?" Fixin is also all the goodies you put in things like salads or tacos. So the lettuce, cheese, tomato all together or by themself can simply be called a fixin or you can pluralize it "Fixins" "Let me get all them fixins on my sandwich" and yes, its southern dialect so the grammar used (if any) is optional.

[@Sobergirl_]

It’s mud’n . You don’t use the g when you say it in the South. Just like fix’n or fit’n to do something. My dad would always say “piddle fart’n” around. He would also say “rastlin” for Wrestling.

[@JaimeMason]

Mudding is not just when you accidentally drive thru mud. It's an activity. All those big trucks & 4 wheel drive SUVs, drive thru mud for fun. You go around & around thru the mud. It was fun when I was a kid, but I don't see the point now. GREAT VIDEO!

[@maliarich4360]

Buggy (bug-gee) is a trolley .... Boogie(how you pronounced it) is to dance. Its like a cornbread pancake. 😂😂😂😂a dohickey is a whatchamacallit. 😊😊😊. Hopping John is delicious.

[@grumpypotamus7143]

Yes! Hoecakes taste good. They are amazing. Like a cornbread pancake. My mom used to make them in a big cast iron skillet when we were camping

[@anitaannabellanapiwockiast4307]

I heard most of them. Muddin would be 4-wheeling in the mud!! I live in far west Texas.

[@nicoley2133]

piddling also happens when a puppy gets too excited lol

[@crescentmoonchild4031]

I’m from the south. So love this!😂

[@aggravatedHart]

Born and raised in Georgia; family in Alabama, Florida, South Carolina and Virginia; lived in North Carolina for over a decade and never heard the words Druthers, Hoppin John, or Washateria.

[@erinphalan7372]

Yep, I’m from Alabama and now live in Mississippi, and all of these are words I’ve heard/used 😂

[@marywinn8953]

I lived in Florida, Alabama, and Georgia. When you tell someone you have just been piddling, they know exactly what you're talking about.

[@marytwinn1612]

get a doohickey from the thingamajig to fix the whatchamacallit.

[@nicole06964]

Don’t forget to use the thingamabob

[@robynbeach3198]

I had no idea about "buggy" meaning shopping cart when I moved to Georgia. In Iowa a "buggy" is pulled by a horse. Amish use them more than anyone else.

[@deannamarie6320]

Born and raised in the south! I'd love to call in and talk with you and pronounce these words for you. I'm positive you'll get a good laugh 😂

[@pegasusgold50]

'Hissy' fit- like a cat being upset at another cat, hissing, being upset.

[@joshuahallett6235]

A lot of the South will use Fixin as and equivalent of Helping or Heeping which are all descriptors For a portion of food

[@lizzaangelis3308]

Buggy is a southern term for a cart or whatnot but it is a bit localized as many people here in Texas use cart…. Fixin’ is you are about to do something… that is more prevalent here to some extent. Druthers I do hear this one and have used it from time to time and you’d use it like “if I had my druthers I’d go to the mountains” Hoecake I have never heard that one so either it’s from a dialect further east of me or someone’s puffed some falsehoods there…… Catawampus this one is when everything is crooked not straight or simply wrong Piddling is like wasting your time or taking your time… depending on which party is saying it… never heard of it the other way…. Commode you know we don’t say toilet here. We say bathroom restroom powder room little girls/boys room so the closest we come to saying toilet is commode. Doohickey is a technical term for thingamabob and the whatchamacallit. Dang it I have plumb forgot this one… though I am sure I used this word correctly Never heard of that term hoppin John but black eyed peas are a new year tradition here.. and the bean things are the peas they are brown with a black spot. Hissy I have heard as a descriptive term for a fit like a hissy fit. Mudding I am going to take a stab as I have never done this actually is when you go out in a truck or jeep or off-road vehicle and drive in the mud.

[@amystahl4977]

I knew a lot of those words and I've never lived in the South. I grew up in Ohio and I live in Massachusetts and some of those words are used in these states as well. FYI in Ohio we called the grocery store cart a cart and in Massachusetts it's called a carriage. I love regional words and phrases.

[@terrieannschmearer]

We always called the toilet the commode and the bathroom sink was the lavatory.

[@TomBoyChic79]

From Tennessee. My grandma used to say pissy instead of hissy and call it a pissy fit😂

[@KitsuneNeko]

I live in Florida close to Alabama... very much the South. I have never heard of the term "druthers". Otherwise all of those words are very much used around here. I would say "washateria" isn't used much though and I've only encountered it on a sign to a laundrymat business.

[@aleigha9141]

I’m from Northern New York, a very rural town in the country, and we say most of these words too 😂

[@Marndarrr]

Druther: “I’d rather” mashed together. “Druther eat later, I’m full now.” Pretty common where I’m from in Texas but we’d never spell it out like that. Druthers: “preference.” Never heard it used until Lawrence’s video.

[@xzonia1]

I've heard it both ways, druther for when talking about oneself usually (druther eat later) and druthers for other people (his druthers is to go on Sunday).

[@Marndarrr]

I’d use “he’druther go on Sunday,” but I can absolutely see someone with a stronger or different accent using “druthers.”

[@TubE-tr8yi]

In South Carolina we do get in our big ol trucks with big ol tires after a big ol rain and find the biggest muddiest spots we can find and play till we run out of gas lol. And we eat hopping johns usually with our hoecakes. Well I'm fixin to get off here for while and go piddle around.

[@jikook7457]

"Druthers" is an amalgamation of "I'd rather". Like, I'd rather be at the beach. Aka, if I had my druthers, I'd be at the beach. There's even a song called "if I had my druthers", from the 1970s. Idk why it's not drathers, with an a from rAther. Being hissy, meaning upset, would be called pissy, like pouty, whiny, tantrum, in the north