Cracker words and expressions
Compliled by Gary Corbett Kirkland, 2008-2012


cracker - Middle English term: a boaster; a forward boy; an obnoxious person. 
 	  Brought with early settlers to America.  Now refers generally
	  to native-born Anglo-heritage residents of GA & FL.
	  


talking ugly - cursing; unpleasant or intimidating speech
	  ("Momma, Billy's talking ugly to me!")


stove up - stiff; sore or achey
	  ("My back shore is stove up this mornin".)


right smart - a lot of something; overabundance
	  ("The neighbor brought us a right smart mess of greens.")


lighterd - contraction of "light wood"; pine wood, usually from
	   old-growth stumps, which burns very vigorously and was
	   widely used as kindling.


chunk - to throw or heave
	  ("Chunk another lighterd knot on the fire.")


bass-ackards - polite variant of "ass backwards"; reversed; in the wrong direction
	  ("Jim's put his drawers on bass-ackards and can't find the fly.")


shuteye - restful sleep
	  ("I need to get some shuteye before I go to work.")


y'all - contraction of "you all";  plural tense only.
	  ("Y'all kids come in the house now.")


et - variant of eaten
	  ("Have y'all et supper yet?")


fixing - preparing; getting ready for an event; (fixings) the thing being fixed
	  ("I'm fixing to go hunting soon as I finish this biscuit.")
	  ("I've got my fixings ready to make bread.")


carry - to drop off or deliver a person or thing
	  ("On your way to town, could you carry Tom to school?")


play purty - a toy
	  ("Little Jimmy wants a new play purty for Christmas.")



Old Sayings

"She's so ugly, looks like her face caught on fire and her momma beat it out with an ugly stick!

"He's the meanest thing God ever slung guts at!"

"That family is so proud, they think they've all got diamonds in their butt."

"That stinks so bad, it'd run a dog off a gut wagon."

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If you remember others, please share with me and I'll add them here....gk