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| Madfish Willie has a short-list of Texas colloquialisms. Being a life-long Texas country boy, I added a few more. Here are the ones I added: |
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- Chip in a couple = Contribute some
- tighter than Dick’s hat band = cheap, or an extremely tight spot
- Make hay while the sun shines=take advantage of opportunity when it is presented
- cow pissing on a flat rock=torrential rains
- Eat corn-on-the-cob through a picket fence = ugly with buck teeth
- Nice hat, do you got two of them?=Ugly hat, one to sh!t in and one to cover it up with.
- Qt. of tator salad shy of a full picnic=not all there
- Watch out for the gators=watch out for the gators
- Plenty of time to rest when they bury you=Get ready to work your ass off, esp. on Sunday.
- roach killers=pointed toe cowboy boots
- 10 million ants cant be wrong=good picnic/cookout
- putting lipstick on a pig=waste of time
- kitchen pass=okay from the wife
- can peaches (preserves)=”special” time with the wife (girlfriend)
- burr in saddle=asshole
- dry hole=no more opportunity left
- well came in=struck it rich
- well tapped out=broke
- you better comprendez, or, do you comprendez this?=I know you can speak english, asshole.
- gay bull=not throwing any calves
- got his nuts cut off=had authority removed by a higher power
- useful as tits on a boar hog=not very useful
- fixin to (usually pronounced ‘fidna’)= making preparations to do something
Geez, all I got to do is listen to myself talk. I may start compiling a list each day as I say them. Now go read Madfish Willie’s