English speakers who are new to Texas find the natives difficult to understand. This simple Cheat Sheet will include the meaning of their strange words, phrases and idioms.
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Big - a relative description of size, keep in mind that everything in Texas is Big
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Biggo - something that is good and a large portion (Sit down and have a beggo piece of this here pie)
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Dad-gum - can be used as an interjection or pronoun to describe something that was lost, but probably wasn't what you expected anyway (Dad Gum! I spilt the ice cream! orI lost y'all's dad gum ice cream)
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Fixin' - about to, getting ready to (I'm fixin' to go fishing down at the hole)
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Folk - a group people usually gathered together in a single place. (Howdy Folk)
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Holler - to raise your voice or to yell (Just Hollar and I'll be here to help)
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Home Folk - referring to a group of people who are family by blood relations or by church membership (We're all Home folk over here)
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Hidy - a greeting similar to Hello
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Howdy - a warm greeting commonly given to anyone around you whether you know them or not (Howdy there)
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Itty bitty - very tiny (the itty bitty bug bit my pinky toe)
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Might could - The potential to do something is possible, but it's not determined yet if it's worth doing it (I might could have dug the well deeper, but I could just dig a new well somewhere else for the same price)
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Thar - a reference to a relative position from a person, usually involving pointing directions (Yall' need to go down thar to get to the fishing hole)
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Twerk - a verb describing a person returning to a particular occupation ( I finished supper and now I'm going twerk)
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Y'all - possessive use for an item belonging to a group that you could have referred to as y'all (Y'all! Don't eat all the ice cream!)
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Y'all's - possessive use for an item belonging to a group that you could have referred to as y'all.
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Ye'ha -interjection to demons¬trate extreme exuberance and jubilation, usually made very loud and involves the throwing of a hat in the air (Ye'ha! That idiot didn't win the election)
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All choked up - overcome with emotions
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All Hell No - just turn and run, they are probably going for their gun so don't bother looking back.
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Ball - phrase by itself almost always refers to football in Texas except in the spring when it would be baseball
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Bless your heart - an extreme expression of compassion or an extreme expression of how stupid a person is, and since it's either or, it's very useful, especially when talking directly to a person.
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Blinky - adjective used to describe milk that has begun to sour
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Catty whompus - used to describe something that doesn't fit properly or is out of line
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Clabber milk - butter milk
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Come and Take it! - Don't mess with us, we got a big gun
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Come hell or high water - shows determination to proceed, regardless of the problems, obstacles, etc.
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Conniptions - to get upset and raise a ruckus.
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Crusty - tough and/or bad tempered man, woman or horse
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Egg suck mule - worthless
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Fess up - admit to wrong doing or confession of secret
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Frog-strangler - an extraordinary amount of rain.
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Gully-washer - an extraordinary amount of rain.
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Hissy fit - a state of extreme agitation and not a pretty thing to see.
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I'm Lower than a snakes belly in a tire rut - I'm humbled
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Lookin' like a piece - looking scary, looking less-than-presentable
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Larrupin' - a few fingers tastier than finger-lickin' good.
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Lit out - took off, started out, or absconded across some terrain.
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Make a dog barf off the back of a gut wagon - disgusting
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Remember the Alamo - Need I say more?
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You forgot yonder, yonder there and over yonder. Yonder is church. Over yonder you will find the county seat. Yonder there is the stock tank. Yonder - up to a mile, yonder there 1-3 miles and over yonder anywhere in Texas but usually within 25 miles.
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