Foddy ways to say you're from Bawstin
Spuckie: Also known as a sub, grinder, hero, hoagie.
Hihowaya: "Hi. How are you?"
Howl: A hilarious person, or the actual act of laughing. "He's a howl." "We were howling."
Digger: A trip or fall. "I stepped on a brick in Faneuil Hall and took a digger."
Droop: Known as pants in other parts of the country, it's the male teenage act of pulling down another's pants with the goal of public embarrassment. "He got drooped in front of the cheerleaders."
Hamburg: Ground beef, without the -er.
No suh?: Really?!
Hoodsie: A small cup of ice cream with a wooden spoon, or a fast young chick in the city's southwest neighborhoods.
Hosey: Putting dibs on something. "I hosey the back seat."
Boarded: Exclamation to confirm a selection. "I hosie back seat on the bus. Boarded."
Time: A fund-raising event.
Maggot: Punk kid.
Dome: Forehead, usually when it's being slapped.
Packie: A liquor store, short for "package store."
Bundle: A grocery bag; or, to beat someone up.
Bobos: Cheap sneakers, especially those that are knockoffs of more expensive brands.
Can't get: Can get; a classic Boston negative positive. Often used in a sentence that starts "Let's see if we can't get . . . "
Book it: Run away, fast, such as when the cops are coming.
Soft: Crazy, daring. "He's soft in the head."
Expressway: What everyone else calls a highway or a freeway.
B'daydas: Potatoes, just pronounced funny.
Ascared: Scared, with an a on the front. Best said with a lisp.
Supper: Meal served at 6 p.m.
Reefa: Refrigerator
So don't I: Me too!
American chop suey: Macaroni and ground beef with a little tomato sauce and onion and green pepper; a school lunch staple.
Boss of tonic: A 2-liter bottle of soda.
Parlor: Living room; often that second living room used only when you have people over for supper.
Barnie: In Cambridge, an annoying Harvard student; in Somerville, anyone from Cambridge.
Chowderhead: Idiot, dolt.
Bang a U-ey: Make a fast U-turn.
Barrel: Trash can.
Cellar: Basement.
Budge: Steal, or the front of your pants where you stash the thing you stole.
Scrod: Unspecified cheap whitefish of the day, usually cod or haddock.
Skeeve: To gross out. "That guy was wicked skeevey."
Lace-curtain Irish: One's prosperous ancestors.
Two-toilet Irish: Someone else's prosperous ancestors.
Cold tea: What you order after-hours in Chinatown.
Zoo on: To mock, or make fun of. "We were totally zooing on him for wearing parachute pants."
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