May 2, 2012 1 min read

Greene County Slang is a mixture of the old and new. Some words we can remember our grandparents saying and others from our friends. It’s understanding the words that is the real challenge.

Slang is defined as a group of informal words or phrases that originate in subcultures within a society. Only when one of these words or phrases becomes common and adopted by members of these groups it then becomes slang. Slang exists in all cultures and classes as well as in all languages. The words of slang help change and refresh the meanings of many words; sometimes for the good, sometimes for the bad.

Here is a list of some words we’ve gathered from local people of Greene County:

wrastlin – wrestling

Worshington – Washington

Worsh – wash

Picksburgh – Pittsburgh

n’ at – and that

dahtahn – downtown

perdy – pretty

crick – creek

feeshin – fishing

4-wheelin’ – quad riding

holler – yelling

yinz – you all

ain’t – not

babuska – hat, hair covering

cahny – county

sweeper – vacuum

jeet yet? – did you eat yet?

poosh – push

twunny – twenty

hunnerd – hundred

redd up – clean up

dupa – butt

junno – you know?

ascared – afraid or scared

tenner shoes – tennis shoes

 

If you know any Greene or Fayette County slang that’s not on this list please leave a comment.