West Virginia slang: regional words, sayings, and how locals talk.
This page collects regional vocabulary from West Virginia: 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 West Virginia picture.
24 words
Crooked, askew, sideways.
A considerable amount; quite a bit.
Pittsburgh: '(it) needs washed', no 'to be'.
Using 'anymore' to mean 'these days'.
A soft white bread roll baked around sticks of pepperoni, West Virginia's state food.
Courtesy left turn taken before oncoming traffic when a light turns green.
West Virginia slang is the set of dialect words, regional sayings, and local pronunciations used in West Virginia but not in standard American English. This page lists them with meanings, examples, and the type of each word.
Words and phrases associated with West Virginia include buggy, holler, yinz, slippy. Open any entry above to see its meaning, type, and where in West Virginia it is used.
"buggy" is listed on Dialectly as a regional word connected to West Virginia. Each word page shows the full set of states and cities where it is recorded, plus a map.
Like every region, West Virginia 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.
