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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: local slang, sayings, and dialect words.

This page collects slang, sayings, and dialect words tied to Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. Each entry shows the word, its meaning, the type, and where in Pennsylvania you'll hear it — a quick read for visitors, transplants, and anyone curious about how locals actually talk.

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13 words

gum band Dialect

Rubber band.

Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh

haluski Loanword

Cabbage and noodles, butter-fried.

Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh · Ohio, Cleveland

An annoying or contemptible person.

Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh · Illinois, Chicago

Bologna (the lunch meat).

Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh

kielbasa Loanword

Polish-style smoked sausage.

Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh · Michigan, Detroit · Ohio, Cleveland · New York, Buffalo · +1 more

And that. A general-purpose Pittsburgh sentence-ender.

Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh

Nosy, prying (Pittsburgh).

Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh

pierogi Loanword

Stuffed dumpling (potato + cheese is canonical).

Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh · Ohio, Cleveland · New York, Buffalo · Illinois, Chicago · +1 more

Soft drink (the Midwest answer to "soda").

Ohio · Michigan · Wisconsin · Minnesota · +5 more

To tidy or clean up.

Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh · Appalachia

Slippery.

Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh · West Virginia · Ohio

still mill Dialect

"Steel mill" (Pittsburgh pronunciation).

Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh

You all. The Pittsburgh second-person plural.

Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh · West Virginia