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Louisiana slang: regional words, sayings, and how locals talk.

This page collects regional vocabulary from Louisiana: slang you'll hear in conversation, sayings that travel through families, and pronunciations that mark a person as a local. Pick a city to narrow the list, or keep "All cities" to see the full Louisiana picture.

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13 words

banquette Loanword

The sidewalk.

Louisiana, New Orleans · Cajun Country

boudin Loanword

A pork-and-rice sausage (Cajun).

Louisiana · Cajun Country

Generic word for any soft drink (not just Coca-Cola).

Alabama · Georgia · Mississippi · Louisiana · +3 more

fais do-do Loanword

A Cajun dance party.

Louisiana · Cajun Country

About to do something (from "fixing to").

Georgia, Atlanta · Mississippi · Louisiana · Texas · +1 more

lagniappe Loanword

A little something extra, free with a purchase.

Louisiana, New Orleans · Cajun Country

make groceries Phrase

To do the grocery shopping.

Louisiana, New Orleans · Cajun Country

neutral ground Regional

The median strip in the middle of a road.

Louisiana, New Orleans

A submarine sandwich on French bread.

Louisiana, New Orleans · Cajun Country

To tip over, knock over.

Texas · Louisiana · Mississippi · Arkansas

where y'at Phrase

How are you? (New Orleans Yat dialect greeting).

Louisiana, New Orleans

Greeting / rallying cry, especially around the New Orleans Saints.

Louisiana, New Orleans

Second-person plural pronoun (you all).

Texas · Georgia · Alabama · Mississippi · +4 more