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SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK My ice is getting dry: A typically Southern descriptive way of simultaneously making a statement of fact and implying that the situation...
If you’ve ever been to Sardis, you know that it’s famous for two things: Sardis Lake and the award-winning pizzeria TriBecca Allie Cafe. This past December,...
SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK As cold as a banker’s heart (on foreclosure day at the widow and orphans’ home): With all due apologies to our banker...
SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK When pigs fly: Reference to a mythical moment in future time, when something that currently is not possible comes to pass… which...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com We’re almost a month into the New Year and certain changes in American food preferences are becoming apparent. Still putting bacon into...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: Heap: A whole lot of something, not a worn-out automobile. Usually emphatically refers to a measurement … such as...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: Jackleg: Refers to someone who is unskilled, unprofessional and probably unscrupulous performing some activity or service for which that...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: About as useless (or useful) as a rubber crutch: Whatever it is, that thing won’t even hold up a...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: Charm the dew off a honeysuckle: Refers to someone who can be awfully charming. Like Bo Wallace and Friends...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: A blister: A person who shows up after all the hard work has been completed. Hopefully, not the Ole...
