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Southern Slang

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If someone is "madder than a wet hen," they are:

a)

Very angry

b)

Crazy

2.

"Hold your horses" means...

a)

Be Patient

b)

Be Quiet

3.

If your mamaw says she'll "tan your hide" that means...

a)

She's going to spank you

b)

She's going to make you dessert

4.

If you "got your feathers ruffled" you...

a)

let it bother you

b)

have a bad idea

5.

The things you put groceries in are:

a)

carts

b)

buggies

c)

prams

6.

"I reckon" could also mean...

a)

I ran

b)

I suppose

c)

I don't

7.

Someone who is "fixin' to" do something is...

a)

Not going to

b)

About to

c)

Thinking about doing

8.

A mosquito hawk is a...

a)

parrot

b)

squirrel

c)

dragonfly

d)

hummingbird

9.

Which of these would you do to an elevator button?

a)

press

b)

poke

c)

mash

d)

punch

10.

If someone says "Oh, foot!" they are probably:

a)

pleasantly surprised

b)

frustrated or annoyed

c)

hurt

d)

angry

11.

If something is "catty-corner" it's..

a)

crooked

b)

broken

c)

missing

d)

diagonal

12.

If someone won't stop piddling, they won't stop...

a)

eating

b)

arguing

c)

wasting time

d)

fidgeting

13.

If you're going to "bad-mouth" someone, you're going to...

a)

bite them

b)

say mean things about them

c)

kiss them

d)

argue with them

14.

If something is "yonder" it's...

a)

in the distance

b)

close

c)

gone

d)

very very far away

15.

What's a "blinker?"

a)

a horse

b)

a stop light

c)

a porch light

d)

a turn signal

16.

If someone calls you out for "being ugly" in the south, they are saying you're...

a)

rude

b)

unattractive

c)

stubborn

d)

too friendly

17.

"Lord willing and the creek don't rise." What does this mean?

a)

hopefully all will go well

b)

pray for our farm

c)

a storm is coming

d)

things are just fine

18.

What's a "hissy fit" like?

a)

uncontrollable laughter

b)

passing out

c)

dramatic loss of temper

d)

staring angrilly

19.

If someone is "too big for his britches" he is...

a)

thinks too highly of himself

b)

overweight

c)

mean

d)

rich

20.

What is a "po'boy"?

a)

a poor child

b)

an uneducated person

c)

a soup

d)

a sandwich

21.

What's the situation if you have "six of one, a half-dozen of the other"?

a)

Both options are equally good

b)

the first option is better

c)

the second option is better

d)

there is a third option

22.

Your mama probably carried a "pocketbook." What's that?

a)

wallet

b)

purse

c)

backpack

d)

hat

23.

Finish this phrase: "I'm as happy as a pig..."

a)

on a hot tin roof

b)

in slop

c)

in a mud pie

d)

in a poke

24.

If someone is "fat as a tick" that means...

a)

fat

b)

full

c)

angry

d)

disgusting

25.

What does "the devil is beating his wife" mean in parts of the South?

a)

its raining but the sun is out

b)

there is a rainbow

c)

bad weather is coming

d)

it's a beautiful day

26.

Finish this phrase: "slow as..."

a)

molasses

b)

construction

c)

thanksgiving

d)

potatoes

27.

If someone is "fit to be tied" they are..

a)

very angry

b)

very happy

c)

very sad

d)

very moody

28.

If someone is "tickled pink" they are...

a)

furious

b)

thrilled

c)

jealous

d)

upset

29.

What controls the tv?

a)

the remote

b)

the pointer

c)

the clicker

d)

the tweeter

30.

What is an "alligator pear"?

a)

a peach

b)

and green apple

c)

and avacado

d)

a grapefruit

31.

Finish this phrase: "That stinks to..."

a)

heavens to Betsy

b)

high heaven

c)

the ends of the earth

d)

sniffin

32.

"I don't have a dog in that fight." What does this phrase mean?

a)

i don't have enough money to buy a dog

b)

i don't like dogs

c)

i don't have an opinion

d)

i don't have a worry

33.

If your Aunt Lettie asks you for some sugar, she probably wants...

a)

sweet and low

b)

kisses

c)

granulated sweetener

d)

chocolate bars

34.

Finish this phrase: "It doesn't amount to a..."

a)

druthers

b)

hill o beans

c)

nuthin

d)

thang

35.

If you've been "sneetered," what has happened to you?

a)

scammed

b)

your laundry has been stolen from the laundramat

c)

you've been frightened

d)

you've been asked on a date

36.

Finish this phrase: "Cute as a..."

a)

wamprat

b)

mugwump

c)

button

d)

kitten

37.

If you need to vacuum the floor, you'll use the..

a)

sweeper

b)

duster

c)

scooter

d)

buster

38.

Your daddy tells you to go outside and get a "switch." What's he asking for?

a)

a catttail pole from the creek

b)

a stick to whip you with

c)

a feather from the chicken coop

d)

a device to turn on the lights

39.

"The dog won't hunt!" What does this phrase mean?

a)

that idea won't work

b)

that's a bad person

c)

your dog is sick

d)

that's a cat

40.

When you order a "coke" in the South, what will you get?

a)

a question about which kind of soda you want

b)

a coca cola

c)

a pepsi

d)

sweat tea

41.

Finish the phrase: "What in..."

a)

conjunction

b)

the world

c)

sascatchawan

d)

tarnation

42.

If you took the time to make yourself look really good, you're all...

a)

gussied up

b)

fed up

c)

dressed up

d)

purtied up

43.

Which of these phrases mean "for a long time"?

a)

catiwampus

b)

till the cows come home

c)

frever

d)

till the biscuits is burned

44.

If something really gets your goose, it..

a)

makes you angry

b)

makes you laugh

c)

makes you sad

45.

You're not feeling well! You're as sick as a...

a)

cat

b)

squirrel

c)

bear

d)

dog

46.

If you take a big ol' truck through some mud puddles for fun, you're...

a)

puddlin

b)

muddin

c)

truckin

d)

wheelin

47.

What kind of fit are you likely to have if you're angry?

a)

conniption

b)

cottonpickin

c)

rasafrackin

d)

sassafrassin

48.

Your big boots are your

a)

waders

b)

sodders

c)

clodhoppers

d)

shindiggers

49.

Those places you used to hang out at in high school? Those are your...

a)

dressing places

b)

stomping grounds

c)

storming halls

50.

When does supper happen?

a)

morning

b)

noon

c)

evening

d)

night

51.

If someone is feeling a mite "peckish" they are...

a)

hungry

b)

irritated

c)

happy

d)

sad

52.

If you need to relieve yourself you will use the

a)

potty

b)

comode

c)

restroom

d)

toilet

53.

Someone is wasting a lot of time doing nothing important. They are...

a)

lollygagging

b)

bellyaching

c)

harping

d)

dallying

54.

If you go to a real redneck bar, what kind of music will be playing?

a)

country

b)

rap

c)

r&b

d)

honky-tonk

55.

"He's more ornery than a cat!" What does ornery mean?

a)

stupid

b)

stubborn

c)

furry

d)

funny

56.

If you want to say someone is nervous and wary of danger, you'd say they were "like a long-tailed cat in a room full of __________?"

a)

mice

b)

scissors

c)

parakeets

d)

rocking chairs

57.

If you have "a mind to" do something, you are:

a)

considering it

b)

not going to do it

c)

regretful about doing it

d)

definitely going to do it

58.

When Southerners say "bless your heart," they really mean:

a)

i love you

b)

you're nice

c)

i hope the best for you

d)

you're an idiot

59.

Finish the phrase: "Well chop off my legs and call me _________!"

a)

dancy

b)

shorty

c)

hoppy

d)

legless

60.

If something is "cattywampus," it is:

a)

crooked

b)

straight

c)

ugly

d)

broken

61.

When you want to say someone is urbanized and not country at all, you say they are:

a)

gentlized

b)

uppity

c)

rarified

d)

citified

62.

When you want to say someone is flat broke, you say they "don't have a ______ to pee in."

a)

pot

b)

kettle

c)

bowl

d)

yard

63.

When you really need to use the bathroom quite badly, what do you say are "floatin'?"

a)

eyeballs

b)

front teeth

c)

nose hairs

d)

hind legs

64.

What are especially country Southern men often called?

a)

hunky dory boys

b)

fellers

c)

menfolk

d)

good ol boys

65.

A small depression in the side of a mountain, not big enough to be called a valley, is called a:

a)

hootenanny

b)

holler

c)

vale

d)

ditch

66.

When you want to indicate something isn't off to a great start, you say it's:

a)

off like a herd of turtles

b)

sideways like a lobster on sunday

c)

like a one legged chicken

d)

busted up bad

67.

If something or someone is pretending to be deceased, they are:

a)

anglin to bfuscate

b)

playin possum

c)

turned tail

d)

disinclined to aquiesce

68.

The shellfish that live in a streams are called

a)

crayfish

b)

crawfish

c)

crawdads

d)

little lobsters

69.

When something is broken, it is:

a)

goosefingered

b)

broken

c)

tore up

d)

ruined

70.

If you want to tell someone you've known them since they were little, you'd say, "I've know you since you were knee high to a __________."

a)

weasel

b)

frog

c)

turtle

d)

grasshopper