All

A petroleum-based lubricant. “I sure hope my brother from Jawjuh puts all in my pickup.”

Bahs

A supervisor. “If you don’t stop reading these Southern words and git back to work, your bahs is gonna far you!”

Bard

Past tense of the infinitive “to borrow.” “My brother bard my pickup truck.”

Beg

A paper, cloth, or plastic container. “You wanna beg for your groceries?”

Bob War

A sharp, twisted cable. “Boy, stay away from that bob war fence.”

Did

Not alive. “He’s did, Jim.”

Ear

A colorless, odorless gas. “He can’t breathe... give ‘em some ear!”

Far

A conflagration. “If my brother from Jawjuh doesn’t change the all in my pickup truck, that thang’s gonna catch far.”

Farn

Not local. “I cudn’t unnerstand a wurd he sed... he must be from some farn country.”

Fraud

Cooked in oil. “That Southern fraud chicken sure was good.”

Gummit

An often-closed bureaucratic institution. “Great... another gummit shutdown!”

Haze

“Is Bubba smart?” “Nah... haze ignert.”

Heavy Dew

A request for action. “Kin I heavy dew me a favor?”

Hod

Not easy.

Hot

A blood-pumping organ. “A broken hot is hod to fix.”

Ignert

Not smart. “Them Gainesville boys sure are ignert!”,

Jawjuh

A highly flammable state just north of Florida. “My brother from Jawjah bard my pickup truck.”

Ju-here

“Juhere that former Dallas Cowboys’ coach Jimmy Johnson recently toured the Florida State University?”

Juicy

A question. “Juicy that car outside?”

Guff

A deep chasm. “Juicy the Guff of Mexico?”

Lot

adjective. Luminescent. “I dream of Jeanie in the lot-brown hair.”

Markins

Citizens of the United States. “My fellow Markins...”

Meringue

A piece of jewelry worn on the finger. “Ju like meringue?”

Munts

A calendar division. “My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck, and I ain’t herd from him in munts.”

Nascar

“View seen the new Ford Taurus? Now that’s a nascar!”

Pa

A baked pastry dish. “This pecan pa is the best ah ever et.”

Par

Energy. “If ya don’t pay th’ ‘lectric cumpny, they shut off yer par.”

Paramour

An automated device for cutting grass. “What kinda deal you gonna make me on that paramour?”

Pross

The value or cost of an item. “That there prom dress sho is purty, but it is not worth the pross.”

Raffle

A firearm. “Son, fetch me ma raffle.”

Raisin

Motive or explanation. “There ain’t no raisin to be actin’ thatta way.”

Ranch

A tool. “I think I left my ranch in the back of that pickup truck my brother from Jawjuh bard a few munts ago.”

Rats

Entitled power or privilege. “We Southerners are willing to fight for out rats.”

Retard

To stop working. “My granpaw retard at age 65.”

Rice

A contest of speed. “Y’all going out to Talledega to see the rice?”

Rool

Not urban.

Ford

To advance. “The rool markins wanna see this country move ford.”

Seed

Verb, past tense, as in “I ain’t never seed New York City.”

View

“I ain’t never seed New York City ... view?”

Sensuous

“Honey, sensuous up, could you get me another beer?”

Tar

A rubber wheel. “Gee, I hope that brother of mine from Jawjuh doesn’t git a flat tar in my pickup truck.”

Tarred

Exhausted. “I just flew in from Hot-lanta, and boy my arms are tarred.”

Tire

A tall monument. “Lord willing and the creeks don’t rise, I sure do hope to see that Eifel Tire in Paris sometime.”

Warsh

To clean.

Squarsh

A vegetable. Also, “Warsh that squarsh, Bubba... you don’t know where its been!”

Y’all

A degree of rotation. “There are three degrees of Southern rotation: Pitch, Roll, and Y’all.”

Yewsten

The fifth largest city in America.

Beg

Not small. “Yewsten’s a beg, beg city.”,