SLANG! TEXAS STYLE

Enjoyed the site.One of my favorites is:
“My bellybuttons gnawing on my backbone” – Hunger
Have Fun, John. (thanks John *S*)09/14/05

Not the brightest crayola in the box"
Thanks Chris F, from NC. *S*

Does anyone have an answer to the question below?
I would like to know too.

I have lived all my life in Texas
and have always heard the term, "ninety-to-nothing."
I know basically how the term is applied
and I have used it all my life,
but what does it really mean and what is it's origin?

Thank you,

Dean Werley
Wimberley, TX
P.S. Love your web site.(thanks Dean)

from Steven Stone, Aug.31,2005

Loved your site. Some thoughts:
Corrections:
purty - is usually used sarcastically
aint a woofin - means I'm serious, not kidding or most

likely used as...
Just a woofin ya - I am teasing you

Slang:
Frog sticker - knife
Busier than a one legged man in a butt-kickin' contest
- very busy
Call the dogs and piss on the fire - let's go

Thanks Steven. *S*

from Courtney)
Whatumunna do (i seriously say this) - What i am going to do!
Anothern- another one
Great guns!!!- Oh my gosh!
"I enjoyed your Texas slang pages",Courtney
Thanks Courtney *S*

NEW:I enjoyed your Texas slang pages.
"Hot as a two-dollar pistol," Best, Charles Martin .(thanks)
Ring Fence: We're gona ring fence them.
Does anyone out there know what that means? A friend emailed me
and asked me and I was clueless, so if you know, please let us know.
Thanks!!!!

In the early 70's my landlady would say,
"Hit don't madder none." When it didn't.
This was sent to me from Bud Anderson of Texas.
Thanks Bud, and fellow Texan *S* 8-24-01

CURIOUS QUESTIONS (just for fun*L*)
"Do worms yawn?" "Do Flamingos fly?"
"Do penguins get sunburned?" "How come we can't see air?"
"Hungry, and angry are two of the three only words in the
dictionary that end in "GRY". Do you know the third one?"
"What exactly does "TIS" mean?" "Where did ain't originate?"

These are some of my sayings,
that some people like, and get a kick out of.
I will interpret them as needed. *L*

NEW!!!Suggested additions:
"Well Ah'll be horn-swoggled"..."Doan make no
nevermind to me"..."Ah'll git tewit dreckly"..."Ah swah"
(I swear)..."Just a skohsh more..." by John B Goode.
THANKS John *Smilin*.
and here's anuther:
"tarnation" as in "...whar in tarnation yew been, boah?" hehehe thanks John. Keep 'em comin'. 10-17-99

The "DAD" words:
"Dadgummit" "Dadblamit" "Dadblasted"
(I wonder why there is no mom words? *L*)

The following all mean the same thing..
I think you will get the drift of them. *S*

"Dang it!" "Darn it!" " Oh Shoot!" "Well shoot!"
Just some sayings:
"he's slower then the 7 year itch!"

"Hotter than a two dollar bill"

"Ain't no two ways 'bout it!"

"Madder than a ole wet hen"
"Don't be a puttin all yer eggs in one baskit!"
"Ain't seen that in a coons' age!"
"Better'n two peas in one pod"
"I ain't uh gona do it!"
"I ain't got no......."
"You don't won't me to hawg tie ya do ya?"
"Not nar a bit o diff'er'ence"
"Naw.. it ain't nuthin'"
"That pisses me plum off!" "Plum wore out!"
"Be all over you like stink on a skunk!"
"eithers" "neithers"
"You got that right!" "I reckon"
"I'm fixin to go!"
"you on't to?" (meaning you want to?)
"We be gettin down to it!"
"Everthang" "Anythang" "Thang" "Nuttin"
"Anythin'" "Everthin'" "Nothin'"
"Well if that don't beat all I ever seen
in all my born days, I don't know what would!"
"Why I oughta..........."
"In all my born days, I ain't never!"
"Oh my word!" "Oh my stars!"
"bummer" "Yeppers"
"Nope" "Yep" "Ya'll" "Uh Huh"
"Colder than my mother-in-laws heart"
"My mother-in-laws' so ugly,
she'd make a freight train jump track"

"Its colder than a witches tit!"
"Its cold enough to hang slaughtered hawgs in here!"
"Well I'll be dipped in hawg (beep)!" *L*
"Happier than pigs in (beep)!"
"Ain't that a deal!!!" *Grin*
"Your dumber than a can of rocks!"
"Ugly as homemade sin"
And thats it for now.. If you have one to add,
or know of one I say.. email me.. and I will add it. *L*

Back in my day words:
"Cool!" "Kewl" "Groovey"
"Far out!" "Right on!" "Flower power"
"Love power" "Sock it to me!" "Here comes the judge"
"Keep on truckin" "Smilin'" "Narly"
"So bad!" "Hunk" "Chick"
"Dude" "Broad" "Cruisin'"
"Wow man!" "Cool man!" "Far out man"
"Get down" "Boogie" "Disco"

Things You'll Hear Only in the South...

Exclamations...

"Well, knock me down and steal muh teeth!"
"Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit."

Threats...

"I'll slap you so hard, your clothes will be
outta style when you stop rollin'."(love this one!!)

"This'll jar your preserves."
"Don't you be makin' me open a can o' whoop-ass on ya!"

Good Things/Compliments...

"Cute as a sack full of puppies."
"If things get any better, I may have
to hire someone to help me enjoy it." "Gooder than grits."

The Weather...

"It's so dry, the trees are bribing the dogs."
"It's been hotter'n a goat's butt in a pepper patch."
Wintery roads are said to be "slicker than otter snot "

Descriptions...

A bothersome person is "like a booger that
you can't thump off."

When something is bad then you say, "that ain't no count."
If something is hard to do, it's "like trying to herd cats."
He ran "like his feet was on fire and his ass was a-catchin"
A hectic schedule keeps you "Busier than a cat
covering crap on a marble floor."

Insults...
"She's uglier than homemade soap."

"He fell out of the ugly tree and hit
every branch on the way down." "Uglier than a lard bucket full of armpits."

(any insulting statement is always followed by
"bless his/her heart)

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Email me at kismetlove@hotmail.com ,
If you have some to add. *S*