Today, we define the word cabin as it is used in Yankee Land:
cabin- The act of securing hired transportation.
“Lots of luck trying to find a cabin Manhattan during rush hour.”
Posted in August 2012 …
Yankee Dictionary- Two More!
Here’s a couple more words that carry a slightly different meaning in Yankee Land:
Saddle- A term that is used to excuse a Yankee’s obnoxious behavior, esp. by attributing it to overindulgence in alcohol.
“My brother-in-law gets kind of rowdy at the Bills’ games, particularly when he saddle little too much to drink.”
Spider- An observation of suspicious activity.
“While I was staking out your wife in the parking lot of the health spa, I spider getting into a car with her personal trainer.”
Crawling For The Cause
In the current issue of The Jambalaya News, The Dang Yankee reports on a Pub Crawl in which he had the pleasure of participating. And before you jump to conclusions about his intentions, please understand that it was for a high cause, namely, the preservation of Mardi Gras costumes.
Read about it in Crawling For The Cause on TJN’s website. Continue reading »
Yankee Dictionary
Today, I’m introducing a new feature here on thedangyankee.com. Just as Jeff Foxworthy so expertly did with the Southern vocabulary in his Redneck Dictionary, I am assembling a dictionary of terms specific to the Yankee Dialect. Today, we define the word chauffeur. Continue reading »
Make Me Groan, Yankee Roads
On my recent road trip to Yankee Land, I learned that collecting cobwebs are more likely than collecting speeding tickets. Read all about it in the new issue of The Jambalaya News.
