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What is a Dookie?
A Duke basketball fan
What is Tobacco Road?
A highway that separates UNC and Duke
What is a leafer?
People from out of state who come during “peak leaf season” to drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway and clog up our interstates.
What does it mean if you are fixing to do something?
To fix - multiple meanings depending on if you were fixin’ to make a sandwich or got too tired from fixin’ the car so now you’re fixin’ to go to Bojangles
What does the whole kit’nkaboddle mean?
That’s a way of saying everything is included.
What does it mean to be worked up?
Worked up means someone is getting mad, and if things really get out of control it leads to a hissy fit.
Bein’ growny
Bein’ growny is a way of saying someone is acting older than he really is.
belly washer
When anyone spoke of a belly washer the reference was to a Pepsi or a Coca-Cola — or Cocola.
he’s at sea
Saying he’s at sea meant that he was probably daydreaming, or his tongue was loose at both ends meant that he was telling everything.
just beside hisself
He’s just beside hisself referred to one who was pretty frustrated with things.
Mess
Mess is usually used to indicate something that is not good, ruined, really bad.
Tight
Tight can mean something is secure, or it can be a weather condition when it is cold and windy, or it can mean you are too full for comfort
goose egg
can be a big bump on your heard or a score of zero in a game. Or when you goose someone you slip up from behind and tickle them.
Old as Methuselah
Someone who is very old
Every Tom, Dick and Harry.
Absolutely everyone
Who in the Sam Hill is he?
Who is that guy?
