The South is a region of the southeastern United States. According to the U.S. federal government, it includes the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas(1/2)
People from Texas and Florida claim to be southern but can’t even tell you what five of these words mean:
Lollygaggin’
Cattywampus
Holler
Conniption
Buggy
Tump
Piddlin’
Jawin’
Haint
Sigogglin
Gaumed
Highfalutin
Rurnt
Diddly
Crawdad
Poke
Chifforobe
Airish
Banjaxed
Tetchy
Gumption
Lawsy
Yinz
Outen
Pure-D
Slapout
Frog-strangler
Drug
Et
Swan
Chirren
Fixins
Rasslin’
Skeeter
Crick
Persnickety
Whopperjawed
Addlepated
Dadgum
Goldern
Rile
Nary
Sumpter
Boondocks
Cotillion
Moonshiner
Cornpone
Possum
Polecat
Scuttlebutt
Snakeroot
Tote
Ornery
Crotchety
Skeered
Spry
Hoecake
Redup
Lickety-split
Tumpified
Flummoxed
Kerfuffle
Hullabaloo
Traipsin’
Get five of these right and I’ll make you an honorary southerner. 🤝🏻