jubious
afraid
What is Tobacco Road?
A highway that separates UNC and Duke
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
What does the whole kit’nkaboddle mean?
That’s a way of saying everything is included.
Mess
Mess is usually used to indicate something that is not good, ruined, really bad.
What is a Dookie?
A Duke basketball fan
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
might could
may be able to
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.
hey y'all
A delicious homemade beverage with at least five pounds of sugar. And it tastes best in a Mason jar.
belly washer
When anyone spoke of a belly washer the reference was to a Pepsi or a Coca-Cola — or Cocola.
Boot
the trunk of a car
mummock
to harass or to bother
North Cackalacky
North Carolina
just beside hisself
He’s just beside hisself referred to one who was pretty frustrated with things.
ill
sick or angry
Youngin'
A young person under the age of 21 who literally can't comment on the business of "grown folks."
Every Tom, Dick and Harry.
Absolutely everyone
Poor as Job’s turkey.
Someone who doesn't have a lot of money
Old as Methuselah
Someone who is very old
sweet tea
A delicious homemade beverage with at least five pounds of sugar. And it tastes best in a Mason jar.
Bein’ growny
Bein’ growny is a way of saying someone is acting older than he really is.
Hoi Toide
high tide
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.
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.
cattywampus
when something is not straight
Who in the Sam Hill is he?
Who is that guy?
yonder
Yonder signifies a location that's so far out of reach you cannot even begin to describe it by any other name.
Sigogglin’
crooked, not straight
Dingbatter
tourist
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.