What’re Words For, Part 8
Wow! I’ve been pretty busy for the past week, and I totally forgot to post this on Tuesday. I know all both of you have been waiting in anticipation for this week’s “How to Talk Yankee” word or phrase, and now the wait is over. Whew!
Now that we’ve entered the heavy holiday season, it’s a time when people, both friends and families, will be getting together to celebrate. And what’s a celebration without booze! So, this week’s selection is inspired by….*hiccup*…..libations.
Word: Aidge-on (N.) (sp. ‘edge-on)
Definition: Intoxication
Of all slang expressions, those for being drunk constitute one of the longest lists: snookered, slopped, zonked, hammered, stoned, etc., but if you want to talk Yankee, use “aidge-on”.
“Ralph had quite an aidge-on, didn’t he?”
“Ayuh. He drinks like it was coming out of his grandfather’s well.”
(Definition from: "How To Talk Yankee", by Gerald Lewis & Tim Sample, copyright 1979, 1986 by The Thorndike Press; copyright 1989 by the First North Country Press)
Now that we’ve entered the heavy holiday season, it’s a time when people, both friends and families, will be getting together to celebrate. And what’s a celebration without booze! So, this week’s selection is inspired by….*hiccup*…..libations.
Word: Aidge-on (N.) (sp. ‘edge-on)
Definition: Intoxication
Of all slang expressions, those for being drunk constitute one of the longest lists: snookered, slopped, zonked, hammered, stoned, etc., but if you want to talk Yankee, use “aidge-on”.
“Ralph had quite an aidge-on, didn’t he?”
“Ayuh. He drinks like it was coming out of his grandfather’s well.”
(Definition from: "How To Talk Yankee", by Gerald Lewis & Tim Sample, copyright 1979, 1986 by The Thorndike Press; copyright 1989 by the First North Country Press)
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