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Cajun Slang Words and Phrases

Slang Phrases and words from the bayous. The Cajun dialect is definately unique. Read on to unravel the unknown.

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A

a blow ceiling fan.

an ahnvee hunger. I got an ahnvee for some boudin.

Are you getting down Are you getting out of the car?

ax ask

axe ask.

alohrs pas of course not.

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B

bag daer back there.

bahbin a pouting factial expression; When I told him he couldn't go fishing, he made a big bahbin.

beb sweetheart, darlin.

bebette a bug or a critter.

Bigarno a snail, what the French call an escargot.

bonne homme a drawn image or object resembling a male figure, like a GI-Joe for example.

Boo honey, sweetheart.

boscoyo Cypress knee.

boude pout, be angry; He bouded all day for not being allowed to go fishing.

boudin A kind of sausage.

bouille pudding

buljoos, shtoons, and peewee large, midsize, and little marble.

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C

cahbin bathroom.

capo coward.

Chaoui Racoon (Native American).

Chat Go away cat.

chee wee A cheese stick snack similar to but predating cheeto.

Cho! Co! an expression of astonishment; Wow!

Choosday Tuesday.

chose thing.

chot a little, short pony tail

Co faire? Why?

conson underwear.

clowzet closet.

Costeau a male crab.

coo-yon foolish, stupid; Stop being coo-yon!

cro-cros big, clunky shoes.

cunja a spell put on someone.

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D

dat that.

defan "sainted", demised, passed away, DEAD:What a dead person is referred to as. Defan Papa; female version: Pauvre Maman, Poor Sainted Mom.

de'pouille anything or anyone who is a mess.

des desk.

desses desks.

dis this.

domion a peeping Tom, someone who peeps through windows.

drawz underwear.

dreegailles junk, trinkets

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E

each a one one each.

En d'oeuil in mourning.

envie a craving.

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F

fah-yuh fire.

fais do-do go to sleep.

Faut carot A big, black Grasshopper.

filè dried, powdered sassafras leaves

freesons goosebumps




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Letters A to F

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Letters G To M

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Letters N To T

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Letters U To Z






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