Monday, July 13, 2015

"Wicked Pissah"

"Hey, is that your Yamaha SR Viper snowmachine?  Wicked Pissah!"
"Too bad you missed the party, It was Wicked Pissah."
"Love the purple hair. Wicked Pissah."
"Your silver Harley out front? Fast? Wicked Pissah!"
"That a '57 Chevy? Love your custom paint job. It's Pissah!"

 Well, you get the idea. Heading Downeast and you want to fit in among us natives seamlessly? You've gotta know the lingo, as Mom used to say. Put 'wicked' in front of thousands of words like good, cold, rainy, smart or old for example, and you can really start to fit in. "Gosh, you're wicked smaarrrt!"
I enjoy learning about dialects featured around the various regions of our country. So, if you ever want to confound the neighbors try using one of Maine's favorite expression. It's maybe my favorite. It just encapsulates it all in 2 just simple words! Place it after anything that you feel is really, unbelievably good. Anything! And don't be afraid to shorten' it up a bit. Maybe, you're in a hurry.
You know.
"Birdman, thanks for sharing this bit of the Downeast dialect with us."
"PISSAH!"

 *Got an expression unique to your part of the world?
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25 comments:

  1. LowellJuly 13, 2015 at 7:46 AM

    And I thought Floridians were weird. No further comment. :)

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  2. KateJuly 13, 2015 at 7:55 AM

    Yah, sure. . .wicked post!

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  3. Small City ScenesJuly 13, 2015 at 9:04 AM

    Wicked Pissah---there I said it! You are one wicked blogger. There Mom did I do it right?
    MB

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  4. RandyJuly 13, 2015 at 9:22 AM

    What I thought was strange when I moved here is when I began hearing people say "Bueno Bye" when they ended a conversation on the phone with someone. I still find it a little strange.

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  5. SharonJuly 13, 2015 at 10:49 AM

    We are such a melting pot of people that I can't think of one that comes directly from my part of the country but, I do remember when I first moved here from Illinois people were constantly correcting my pronunciation of words like 'wash' not 'warsh'. Every now and then 'warsh' does slip out. Wicked Pissah I had not heard before but, Kate's "Yah, sure" I heard a lot of when I traveled to Minneapolis for work. I heard a "you betcha" a few times too.

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  6. RedPatJuly 13, 2015 at 11:40 AM

    That is a new one for me! I'm not sure if we have a unique expression here or not.

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  7. VPJuly 13, 2015 at 11:51 AM

    Yes, we have a few... No, I can't really share them...

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  8. BlogorattiJuly 13, 2015 at 11:55 AM

    That was interesting to read. Learned something new indeed.

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  9. cieldequimperJuly 13, 2015 at 12:38 PM

    I'm not sure I'll run into Maine neighbours very often but I do use wicked a lot! Call me a Brit if you like.

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  10. Stefan JanssonJuly 13, 2015 at 3:32 PM

    Wicked Pissah!

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  11. KayJuly 13, 2015 at 3:33 PM

    Uffdah! (As in what an old fart says whilst falling into a deep chair.)

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  12. William KendallJuly 13, 2015 at 3:43 PM

    I've always wondered why Northeasters have that peculiarity with the letter r.

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  13. Sketchbook WanderingJuly 13, 2015 at 5:25 PM

    How is it that in all these years, I never heard that one? (wicked, yes, pissah, no.) Speaking of Downeast humor, I just read that Tim Sample reads a short story on audio by Stephen King: Drunken Fireworks.

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    1. BirdmanJuly 13, 2015 at 6:38 PM

      Saw Sample once. Disappointed. Other than Bert and I, I'm a bit bored with Maine humorists. John McDonald sucks too.

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    2. BirdmanJuly 13, 2015 at 6:40 PM

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    3. BirdmanJuly 13, 2015 at 6:43 PM

      To be perfectly honest, "WICkED PISSAH", is pretty much a guy-thing. Elenka agrees.

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  14. magiceyeJuly 13, 2015 at 9:58 PM

    Your blog is wicked pissah!!

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  15. CloudiaJuly 13, 2015 at 10:05 PM

    Can? or No Can?


    ( '>
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    //""

    ALOHA

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  16. Yogi♪♪♪July 13, 2015 at 10:31 PM

    I've heard of wicked but not pissah. I am not from Oklahoma and even after over 25 years I can't bring myself to say "Yall."

    I have a cousin who was the wife of an air force officer. In the south somewhere she once asked a bunch of couples at a gathering over for dinner the next night. (You guys all come over tomorrow.) Only the husbands showed up.

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  17. HalcyonJuly 14, 2015 at 1:41 AM

    Allet jute von Berlin!!! Dit isss ja lustig. :)

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  18. RevrunnerJuly 14, 2015 at 6:42 AM

    Good one, Birdman. I'll have to think about this.

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  19. EG CameraGirlJuly 14, 2015 at 10:35 AM

    Totally new to me, Birdman!

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  20. JackJuly 14, 2015 at 10:10 PM

    WICKED PISSAH! Yeah! The guy I play golf with most in Naples is from Vermont but worked most of his career in Massachusetts. Whenever one of us hits a good drive, a yell of "Wicked Pissah!" is likely to follow. Unless we use its common variant, "Wicked Awesome!" Last summer in New Hampshire I found a baseball-style hat with the words Wicked Pissah on it and gave it to him.

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