(a guest post by blogless niece Sarah)

A-FIXIN'--Getting ready "We're a-fixin' to go to the store and git some smokes and Mountain Dew fer ma."

PEAKED--Pale or sick looking "He's lookin' mighty peaked today, ma 'otta fix 'em up good with some hot whiskey and oatmeal."

ASKEERED OF--Frightened or afraid of "He's askeered of gov'ment folks snoopin' around."

DOIN'S--A function "Are you goin' to the church doin's tonight? Cuz I hear they're lookin to have a fundraiser for Betty Maes' eye prob'em."

DAST--Dare "I dast you to run over to Betty Mae, and ask her to go diddle in the bushes with ya..Come on..It's dark, ya can't even tell her eye ain't right in the dark."

HOLLER--A small valley "Pa says I ain't allowed past the Buick down there in the holler cuz them rats git all het up when you go pokin' 'em with a stick. It smarts when one of 'em gits ya'."

FETCH--To bring "Go fetch the doctor, Jimmy ain't right again. Dammit boy, why'd ya hafta go and do that again with the kerosene."

VITTLES--Food or Victuals "I hope ma's got the vittles on when I git home. Pa got a possum last night and I'm bettin' that's what ma's got cooked."

PUT OUT--Angry or annoyed "Pa shore was put out when we threw all them snakes in the outhouse."

SMART--to hurt " It shore smarts where Daryl smacked my shin bone."

YOU'NS--You or you all "You'ns ain't gonna git no vittles till you put 'em snakes back outside."

AIM--To intend or to plan "I'm aimin' to have my way with that girl as soon as her pa ain't lookin'."

CUTTIN' UP--Acting a fool "Maude shore was cuttin' up last night after I pinched 'er. I really should've not taken all her clothes after I got her in the creek either."

BOOK READ--Educated or well informed "We's lookin' to git little Betty Sue book read someday, readin's not everything in life, but sometimes its good fer when we go to town."

FUR PIECE--A great distance "Daryl lives a fur piece from his kin folks, and rightly so after what he did to that Mickler boy. I'd want him a fur piece away too cuz that just ain't right."

GULLY-WASHER--A hard rain "Reckon we sure had a gully-washer last night, damn near took the outhouse down the creek."

HESH UP--Become quiet "Hesh up before pa hears what we're doin'."

HET--To become heated or upset "Don't git all het up about Clem, he's just showing ya that he likes ya."

LOLLYGAG--To loaf or loiter "Why's Clem always lollygagin around by my window?"

PIZEN--Poison " I seen lotsa pizen snakes in these parts. I ain't askeered of 'em though."

AWFUL POORLY--Very ill "He's been lookin' awful poorly since that cold spell, ma is bringing the hot whiskey and the preachers a comin' up from town."

CRICK--A stiffness "I gave it to sis so hard last night she's still got a crick in her neck."

AIRISH--Breezy or drafty "Shet yer window. Its blowin' the ash out of the ashtray all over the baby."

BIGGETY--Stuck up or acting big "She's been actin' awful biggety ever since she took first place at the fair for her pickled okra."

CLUM--Climbed "I clum thet hill for the last time."

KIVVER--Covered "Them young-uns is kivvered with the pox. Just get a little whiskey on a rag'n dab it on them pox, heal 'em right up."

SHED OF--Get rid of or unload "You gotta get shed of that old Camero, you ain't never gonna fix 'er up anyways, it don't even have wheels, and that damn hound keeps having her pups in there and it don't run either."

SMACK-DAB--On the dot, exactly "I got 'em smack-dab in the eye with my sling-shot. Bet he ain't gonna mess with me no more."

RED--To clean or tidy up "Red up the yard before you fetch Grandma fer vittles she don't like trippin' on all that junk you boys drag home from the creek."

WHUPPED--Whipped or spanked "Pa shore whupped me when he caught me in the holler with the neighbors milkin' cow."

SKITTISH--Nervous "I wonder why Bessie is skittish when I come around?"

ET--Eaten "Have you'ns et yet, Quillie fixed up a cooter pie, & fried macaroni?"

GANDER--To look at "Take a gander at the hickey I got at the fair."

NAW--No "Naw, I don't think I'm goin' possum huntin' tonight."

PARTS--Area or neighborhood "Ain't never seen such a looker in these parts before. How many teeth she got?"

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