Posted in New Hampshire
March 26, 2016
10 Words You’ll Only Understand If You’re From New Hampshire
New Hampshire residents love to keep it simple and honor the past. We don’t have too many fancy words, but we do have a few tried-and-true pieces of slang that we hang on to tightly. Here are ten words you’ll only understand if you’re from New Hampshire.
Also known, in the rest of the country, as a water fountain
If you’re a fisherman, you know that this is what New Hampshire residents call catfish.
Instead of saying "y’all" or "you guys," many New Hampshire residents just add an s.
This is a uniquely New Hampshire way of referencing a porcupine.
This word, which rhymes with "slap," is a wonderfully thick milkshake.
If your friend’s fly is open, this is a great way to tell them subtly. But people outside the Granite State may not know what you mean by this subtle abbreviation for "eXamine Your Zipper."
A beloved old car, that you don’t mind beating up on.
‘Cause sometimes our neighbors to the south are… well, you get the idea.
We share this word with our New England neighbors, but we know it’s wicked important to mention here.
Not your old man, The Old Man. The one and only.
What word lets you know that someone is from the Granite State?
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