Maine slang: regional words, sayings, and how locals talk.
This page collects regional vocabulary from Maine: 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 Maine picture.
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Maine: top-notch, the best quality.
Vermont: the muddy fifth season between winter and spring.
Maine: Aroostook County, the state's vast northern region.
Maine: extremely busy, flat-out.
Maine: two cake rounds sandwiching marshmallow filling.
New England: a powerful coastal storm from the northeast.
Vermont's bleak interval after fall foliage drops and before snow arrives.
A clean Vermont minced oath in place of 'Jesus Christ'.
a tourist who travels to view autumn foliage
Maine slang is the set of dialect words, regional sayings, and local pronunciations used in Maine but not in standard American English. This page lists them with meanings, examples, and the type of each word.
Words and phrases associated with Maine include wicked, ayuh, from away, dooryard. Open any entry above to see its meaning, type, and where in Maine it is used.
"wicked" is listed on Dialectly as a regional word connected to Maine. Each word page shows the full set of states and cities where it is recorded, plus a map.
Like every region, Maine keeps vocabulary and pronunciations that mark a speaker as local. Standard American English levels these out; a regional dictionary like Dialectly records them before they fade.
