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By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: Crank up: To start something or turn it higher. Usually refers to a motor of some sort, such as...
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: Poor mouthing: A verb that describes how a person moans and groans in self-deprecation about lacking funds or capability...
The B.T.C. Old-Fashioned Grocery in Water Valley has cultivated a word-of-mouth following, and yet many in Oxford still look puzzled upon the mention of its...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Rode Hard and Put up Wet: A classic term referring to one’s state or condition of being worse for...
Squash and more rock to the beet. By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Go around your elbow to get to your thumb: An expression referring...
