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

This page collects regional vocabulary from Mississippi: 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 Mississippi picture.

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9 words

Sympathy on the surface, often condescending or passive-aggressive.

Texas · Georgia · Alabama · South Carolina · +3 more

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

Alabama · Georgia · Mississippi · Louisiana · +3 more

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

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

About to do something; getting ready to.

Texas · Alabama · Georgia · Tennessee · +2 more

A heavy, sudden downpour.

Texas · Oklahoma · Mississippi · Alabama · +1 more

To press (a button, a pedal).

Alabama · Tennessee · Georgia · Mississippi · +3 more

Evening meal (when "dinner" is the midday meal).

Alabama · Mississippi · Georgia · Tennessee · +5 more

To tip over, knock over.

Texas · Louisiana · Mississippi · Arkansas

Second-person plural pronoun (you all).

Texas · Georgia · Alabama · Mississippi · +4 more