Favorite TN slang (couple, surprise, dog)

[Creekcat]

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"You wouldn't pee on his ass if it was on fire." Now, that goes a long way toward expressing a dislike for someone doesn't it?[/QUOTE]

Some people just wouldn't get how bad that is, even if it hit them upside their head.

[kat31855]

When asked how he was doing, my Daddy always said, "Well, I'm able to sit up and take nourishment." Meaning: I'm just fine!

[Ridgerunner]

I read this entire thread but that was a right smart bit ago.

[Blue502]

Right smart, haha, I love that one....How about ,and I've been known to say it a time or two......"looks like they were picked right out of your ass" ....meaning your kids look just like you

[edmiii]

An old favorite :

Finer than frog hair (usually referring to a nice-looking female)

[Ridgerunner]

It's a right fur piece from here to town.

[Capt. Dan]

Tennessee slang-------Bama sucks!!!!!!!!!

[Creekcat]

He doesn't have the sense God gave a goose.
Why, he's so sorry he wouldn't hit a lick at anything.

[wnewberry22]

These saying are more Appalachian sounding to me...at least a few of them anyway. I have family in East Tennessee but I grew up in Southwest Virginia and we have most of the same sayings. My family in Western NC uses a lot of them too.

A few fun examples:
1) For a nervous person......"he's shakin like a dog passin peach pits."
2) somthing you don't want to do....."I would have be in hell with my back broke."
3) something that stinks...."That smells bad enough to gag a maggot off a gut wagon."
4) tight...."thats tighter than banjo strings."

....I'm not sure if these are across all of Tennessee or not but in southwest Virginia these were all used pretty heavily. To be honest I feel like east tn, eastern ky, southwest va, and western nc (south-central Appalachia) is a pretty distinct area that seems to transverse state borders causing similar dialect, food, music, culture in general and slang terms

[Ridgerunner]

Originally Posted by wnewberry22

....I'm not sure if these are across all of Tennessee or not but in southwest Virginia these were all used pretty heavily. To be honest I feel like east tn, eastern ky, southwest va, and western nc (south-central Appalachia) is a pretty distinct area that seems to transverse state borders causing similar dialect, food, music, culture in general and slang terms

You are exactly right. And in any portion of the area mentioned, you might hear someone say, "I seed Bill Smith yisterdy. He lives down yonder 'bout two er three mile past th' settlement." And we should also include northeast Georgia.