Posted in Texas
April 07, 2017
10 Hilarious Expressions That Every Texan Uses
Us Texans basically consider ourselves lone wolves, an island connected to the other states by geography alone. Because of this, we’ve chosen to deviate from the norm and develop our own language complete with plenty of expressions that people from other states simply can’t comprehend. Here are 10 of the most common ones that all of us use on a regular basis:
It's basically a friendly Texas way of calling someone an idiot.
No, we don't mean Coca-Cola. Why can't everyone speak Texan?
If you can hang your hat on something, it's dependable or reliable.
In other words, they're skittish and crazy.
AKA they're extremely unprofessional and unsophisticated.
We Texans are all about perseverance.
We like to channel our inner cowboy when we say we've done something many times before.
Don't ask us why we say it - we just do.
The rest of us Texans do, too.
I sure hope not, because it means you're pretentious and/or foolish.
Are these expressions part of your everyday dialogue? What else do we say here in Texas that nobody else understands?
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