Across
- 4. broken/destroyed, as in, “I came home to find the curtains all tore up,” or, “My knee has been tore up since that skiing accident back in ’93.”
- 8. up, cleaned up and dressed very nicely (perhaps formally)
- 9. pants
- 12. getting ready/preparing to, as in, “I’m fixin’ to go to the Wal-Mart. Do y’all need anything?”
- 14. to leave hurriedly
- 17. to drive slowly so as to get a good look at a wreck or disabled vehicle on the side of the road. Those who rubber-neck are rubber-neckers.
- 19. talk, to speak harshly
- 20. young people
- 21. a bar, perhaps where country music is played live for folks to dance
- 23. to press or push, as in, “Mash that green button and turn on the computer.”
- 24. mouth
- 26. very good, usually delicious
- 28. suppose, guess, as in, “I reckon we’ll see you at the reunion.”
- 29. snobby
Down
- 1. a contraction of you + all. This is the informal 2nd person plural in Southern English.
- 2. as tits on a bull – utterly useless
- 3. if someone is quite unattractive, you can say they look like they’ve been hit with the ugly stick
- 5. affection, as in, “Come here and give me some sugar.”
- 6. to could – used to be able to, as in, “I can’t do a cartwheel any more, but I used to could.”
- 7. an animal (usually wild)
- 10. can’t carry a tune in a bucket
- 11. to contact or get together with
- 13. potato
- 15. hankerin’ for, a desire/craving for
- 16. cotton, wealthy; successful (and maybe snobby)
- 18. large, heavy shoes like those worn by farmers
- 22. difficult to deal with; stubborn; finicky
- 25. family, especially extended family
- 27. a person from the North