chicago slang?? (Viola: work, gangs, cost)

[oakparkV]

Being a Wisconsinite, I've had to adopt/adjust to a lot of Chicago slang...

Soda became "pop"... Sneakers became "gym shoes"... Highways became "expressways"... the Living room became the "front room"... and Where are you? became "Where you at?"

Oddly enough, I've lived here 3 years now, and I use all the Chicago slang now. My friends back home barely recognize me by the way I talk now...

[GreatLakesDrifter]

Originally Posted by oakparkV

Being a Wisconsinite, I've had to adopt/adjust to a lot of Chicago slang...

Soda became "pop"... Sneakers became "gym shoes"... Highways became "expressways"... the Living room became the "front room"... and Where are you? became "Where you at?"

Oddly enough, I've lived here 3 years now, and I use all the Chicago slang now. My friends back home barely recognize me by the way I talk now...

I heard all those expressions back home in Detroit, so I guess its a Great Lakes Midwest thing. Actually, from what I heard, the term pop stems from Faygo, who was the first to bill their soda as "soda pop"

The only term i've heard here that I haven't heard in other places is "Jag-off". I really can't think of anything else that is unique to this area

[biggcri]

Originally Posted by mromero84

ok...i can figure out "bogus" and "pop"...which by the way is so cool for an outsider to notice the regional dialect/slang in comparison to southern dialect/slang

but does anyone know what a "softball" is??

"so how much I owe ya??..."

"its a softball g, just pay me tomorrow?"

??????

the word is not soft ball its "sau buc" and it mean 10 dollars

[Lookout Kid]

Originally Posted by GreatLakesDrifter

The only term i've heard here that I haven't heard in other places is "Jag-off". I really can't think of anything else that is unique to this area

"Jag-off" seems like a New Jersey or Brooklyn type of slang word. But I guess parts of Chicago aren't so different from parts of Jersey or Brooklyn.

[j33]

I have to confess to using the word 'jag-off' on more than one occasion. In fact, I think I used it to describe someone just this week.

[Avengerfire]

Originally Posted by Lookout Kid

"Jag-off" seems like a New Jersey or Brooklyn type of slang word. But I guess parts of Chicago aren't so different from parts of Jersey or Brooklyn.

Nah, the only place I have ever heard it is in the Chicago area. I even told Neonwattagelimit about the word when I last saw him. He had never heard it before and he is from N.Y...

[Avengerfire]

Originally Posted by biggcri

..."sau buc" and it mean 10 dollars

No, it is "sawbuck." Here is some proof.

Sawbuck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

sawbuck - definition of sawbuck by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

sawbuck - Definition at the #1 Online Dictionary

[sunflower227]

Originally Posted by mromero84

ok...i can figure out "bogus" and "pop"...which by the way is so cool for an outsider to notice the regional dialect/slang in comparison to southern dialect/slang

but does anyone know what a "softball" is??

"so how much I owe ya??..."

"its a softball g, just pay me tomorrow?"

??????

lol, you might have misheard them. Since its in reference to money, im assuming you misheard "softball" instead of "softbuck" which is $10

[cobolt]

It's funny when you're away from Chicago for a long time and you come back to visit family, you're hit with all the slag you sort of forgot about. My cousin's favorite word has to be "jag off." He said it in reference to his neighbor one Christmas visit and I just died laughing. I totally forgot about the term and suddenly had childhood memories of the adults in the family, doing the gossip thing and complaining about the "jag off down the street".

[cap1717]

Originally Posted by redglassofwine

no one really says yous guys, its more like you guys.

Thanks goodness for that! I grew up on the south side with "youse guys", until my college room mates beat it our of me