What are your local slang terms?

[Skywalker]

I was going to say "ARE YOU SERIOUS?!" until I saw you just started high school this fall.

The slang didn't come up until a couple weeks ago.

I feel young.

 

[ender]

in norcal we say HELLLAAAA

and carbonated beverage is SODA not pop or coke.

 

[garbage]

Ugh...
"Oh snap."

 

[Tryptomine]

Apparently "Midland" accent is what they call having no accent in America.

And according to this, that's what I've got. Oo;

http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have

 

[Xanthyr]

I've always have said Soda, in my ventures around the U.S. I've heard many variations for soft drinks.

"Hella" reminds me of home. I used to be Northern California.

A popular one I had forgotten about is, "You don't even know man."
There was also, "I'm not even gonna lie." and "Moded!" (Pronunciation: Moe-dead) It basically means owned, or burned without mercy. Usually saved for especially hilarious insults.

And you can always tell when a popular movie is on t.v., because for some reason the entire town watches the same channel and you walk around hearing about it nonstop. A real big one was, "You're out of your f******* element!" from The Big Lebowski.

 

[Salaad]

"That's what she/he said"

Idk why but people just keep saying "Party like a rockstaaaaarrrrr" Shop Boyz, lulz.

 

[Pluvia's other account]

Scorie. (Pronounced: Scoh-Rie.)

It's just what everyone says instead of Seagull.

I say Seagull most of the time though, I'm not sure why.

 

[GameFreaking]

*sigh* im in texas. syllables are not our friends. let me just put it at that.

 

[Teebs]

I've been hearing more people refer to bathrooms/restrooms as Lavatories. I still never get that term. How does the word "lava" get associated with restrooms? I guess another thing is soda instead of pop.

 

[Jammer]

"Soft drink" commonly refers to cold, carbonated, non-alcoholic beverages in the United States. Carbonated beverages are regionally known as:

* "Coke", in most of the South, including New Mexico and much of eastern and southern Oklahoma. Some older generations of Southerners refer to soft drinks as "dope".
* "Pop" in most of the Midwest, Northwest, and Mountain West and into the western part of the Northeast, including such cities as Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Detroit, Michigan; Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota; Erie, Pennsylvania and Buffalo, NY; and as far south as the northern half of Oklahoma. The majority of the states of Iowa and Michigan (including the Upper Peninsula), especially the Metro Detroit area specifically call soft drinks "Pop" (Faygo, a brand of soft drink made in Detroit is an example of this). In the lower Midwest, such southern Indiana, "soft drink" predominates.
* "Soda" in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic states, the Southwest (California, Nevada, Arizona), Hawaii, parts of Florida (especially South Florida, in the Miami area), and small parts of the Midwest (around St. Louis; and Southeast Wisconsin).
* "Tonic" is used all over eastern New England although the usage is being replaced with "soda"; cola drinks are generally referred to as "Coke" (or sometimes "Pepsi") unless another brand is specified.
* "Soda pop" is used by some speakers, especially in the mountain west. "Soda" or "drinks" is common in Idaho and Utah.
* "Drink", "cold drink", and "soda" are locally common in southern Virginia and the Carolinas, spreading from there as far as Louisiana.
* "Soda Water" is used in more rural parts of the US.
* "Cold drink" is the phrase of choice in New Orleans, Louisiana.
* At many restaurants in the U.S., the products of only a single major beverage producer, such as The Coca-Cola Company or PepsiCo, are available. While patrons requesting a "coke" may be truly indifferent as to which cola brand they receive, the careful server will confirm intent with a question like "Is Pepsi ok?" Similarly, 7 Up or Sprite may indicate whichever clear, carbonated, citrus-flavoured drink happens to be at hand. The generic uses of these brand names does not affect the local usage of the words "pop" or "soda", to mean any carbonated beverage.

Here you have it, folks. I live in the Northeast, where it's normally called soda, but I live in one of those cities within the Northeast where it's usually called pop.

So it's called pop around here.

Also, check out Soft Drink Naming Conventions (Wikipedia).

 

[RizardoLawless]

What's slappin'?
Central Jersey, where the people talk normal