New Hampshire slang: regional words, sayings, and how locals talk.
This page collects regional vocabulary from New Hampshire: 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 New Hampshire picture.
22 words
Vermont: the muddy fifth season between winter and spring.
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'.
New Hampshire shorthand for the 34-mile Kancamagus Highway through the White Mountains.
Half-mocking nickname for Manchester, New Hampshire.
New Hampshire shorthand for the White Mountains.
Sandwich of peanut butter and Marshmallow Fluff on white bread.
New England term for the highway shoulder.
a tourist who travels to view autumn foliage
New Hampshire slang is the set of dialect words, regional sayings, and local pronunciations used in New Hampshire but not in standard American English. This page lists them with meanings, examples, and the type of each word.
Words and phrases associated with New Hampshire include wicked, ayuh, creemee, sugaring. Open any entry above to see its meaning, type, and where in New Hampshire it is used.
"wicked" is listed on Dialectly as a regional word connected to New Hampshire. Each word page shows the full set of states and cities where it is recorded, plus a map.
Like every region, New Hampshire 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.
