Vermont slang: regional words, sayings, and how locals talk.
This page collects regional vocabulary from Vermont: 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 Vermont picture.
19 words
Anyone who isn't from Vermont.
Vermont: the muddy fifth season between winter and spring.
Vermont's bleak interval after fall foliage drops and before snow arrives.
A clean Vermont minced oath in place of 'Jesus Christ'.
Locals' shorthand for Vermont's remote Northeast Kingdom (Essex, Orleans, Caledonia counties).
a tourist who travels to view autumn foliage
Hot maple syrup poured over snow to make a chewy treat.
A Vermont expression for someone watching instead of helping.
A Vermont shrug meaning “who knows?”
A winter road bump caused by freeze-thaw cycles.
A maple syrup boiling house in Vermont sugaring country.
Vermont slang is the set of dialect words, regional sayings, and local pronunciations used in Vermont but not in standard American English. This page lists them with meanings, examples, and the type of each word.
Words and phrases associated with Vermont include creemee, flatlander, sugaring, mud season. Open any entry above to see its meaning, type, and where in Vermont it is used.
"creemee" is listed on Dialectly as a regional word connected to Vermont. Each word page shows the full set of states and cities where it is recorded, plus a map.
Like every region, Vermont 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.
