Jesse is the baby of the family, and Jake is the knee-baby.īlivit- A blivit is when you have ten pounds of manure in a five pound sack. Southern Slang Sayings, Words & Phrases: 1. Knee-baby- the second to the youngest child She must have forty ‘leven young’uns running around that house. So to celebrate the release of Footer Davis Might Be Probably is Crazy, here is a list of Southern sayings that I’m just crazy about. This is an expression used instead of Good God (remember we don’t take the Lord’s name in vain.) Goodness Gracious, Gosh.an exclamation of surprise or anger. All American kids typically use the word daddy, but most drop it when they get older. Colors may vary from monitor to monitor or from phone to phone. Mama, Pappy and Grandpappy are typically only used in the South. Grandpappy is another way to say grandfather. “ People who don’t live in Mississippi think ‘bless your heart’ means something nice, but it really means they think you’re too stupid to bother trying to explain things to you, or that you’re too crazy to help.” Mama is another word for mom, and daddy and pappy are both used in place of dad. I just finished reading Susan Vaught’s Footer Davis Might Be Probably is Crazy, and I think it’s gooder’n grits.Įven though I live about as far away from the Mississippi as I can get and still be in the continental United States, I have connections to the South and all its charm… and expressions.įooter knows that when people in Bugtussle, Mississippi, tell her, “Well, bless your heart,” for all the kind-sounding words, the meaning is not good:
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