<VV> CHICAGO SLANG (non corvair)

[Louis Armer]

For JR, lclc, Rich and all the CCCE boys and girls who live in 
Chi-town. This was sent by my nephew who
now lives amongst use over by dere :-)

Chuck Armer


> > CHICAGO SLANG
> >
> >
> > 1. Grachki (grach'-key): Chicagoese for "garage key" as in, "Yo,
> > Theresa, waja do wit da grachki? Howmy supposta cut da grass if I
> > don't git intada grach?"
> >
> > 2. Sammich: Chicagoese for sandwich. When made with sausage, it's a
> > sassage sammich; when made with shredded beef, it's an Italian Beef
> > sammich, a local delicacy consisting of piles of spicy meat in a
> > perilously soggy bun.
> >
> > 3. Da: This article is a key part of Chicago speech, as in "Da Bears"
> > or "Da Mare" -- the latter denoting Richard M. Daley, or Richie, as
> > he's often called.
> >
> > 4. Jewels: Not family heirlooms or a tender body region, but a
> > popular name for one of the region's dominant grocery store chains.
> > "I'm goin' to the Jewels to pick up some sassage."
> >
> > 5. Field's: Marshall Field, a prominent Chicago department store.
> > Also Carson Pirie Scott, another major department store chain, is
> > simply called " Carson 's."
> >
> > 6. Tree: The number between two and four. "We were lucky dat we only
> > got tree inches of snow da udder night."
> >
> > 7. Over by dere: Translates to "over by there," a way of emphasizing
> > a site presumed familiar to the listener. As in, "I got the sassage
> > at the Jewels down on Kedzie, over by dere."
> >
> > 8. Kaminski Park : The mispronounced name of the ballpark where the
> > Chicago White Sox (da Sox) play baseball. Comiskey Park was renamed
> > U.S. Cellular Field (da Cell)
> >
> > 9. Frunchroom: As in, "Get outta da frunchroom wit dose muddy shoes."
> > It's not the "parlor." It's not the "living room." In the land of the
> > bungalow, it's the "frunchroom," a named derived, linguists believe,
> > from "front room."
> >
> > 10. Use: Not the verb, but the plural pronoun 'you!' "Where use goin'?"
> >
> > 11. Downtown: Anywhere near The Lake, south of The Zoo (Lincoln Park Zoo)
> > and north of Soldier Field.
> >
> > 12. The Lake: Lake Michigan (What other lake is there?) It's often
> > used by local weathermen, "cooler by The Lake."
> >
> > 14. Braht: Short for Bratwurst. "Gimme a braht wit kraut."
> >
> > 15. Goes: Past or present tense of the verb "say." For example, "Den
> > he goes, 'I like this place'!"
> >
> > 16. Guys: Used when addressing two or more people, regardless of each
> > individual's gender.
> >
> > 17. Pop: A soft drink. Don't say "soda" in this town. "Do ya wanna
> > canna pop?"
> >
> > 18. Sliders: Nickname for hamburgers from White Castle , a popular
> > Midw estern burger chain. "Dose sliders I had last night gave me da
> > runs."
> >
> > 19.. The Taste: The Taste of Chicago Festival, a huge extravaganza in
> > Grant Park featuring samples of Chicagoland cuisine which takes place
> > each year around the Fourth of July holiday.
> >
> > 20. "Jeetyet?": Translates to, "Did you eat yet?"
> >
> > 21. Winter and Construction: Punch line to the joke, "What are the
> > two seasons in Chicago ?"
> >
> > 22. Cuppa Too-Tree: is Chicagoese for "a couple, two, three" which
> > really means "a few." For example, "Hey Mike, dere any beerz left in
>   da cooler over by dere?"
> > "Yeh, a cuppa too-tree."
> >
> > 23. 588-2300: Everyone in Chicago knows this commercial jingle and
> > the carpet company you'll get if you call that number -- Empire!
> >
> > 24. Junk Dror: You will usually find the 'junk drawer' in the kitchen
> > filled to the brim with miscellaneous, but very important, junk.
> > ;
> > 25. Southern Illinois : Anything south of I-80. This is where
> > Smothers' is from....
> >
> > 26. Expressways: The Interstates in the immediate Chicagoland area
> > are usually known just by their 'name' and not their Interstate
> > number: the Dan Ryan ("da Ryan"), the Stevenson, the Kennedy (da
> > "Kennedy"), the Eisenhower (da "Ike"), and the Edens (just "Edens" but
> > Da Edens" is acceptable).
> >
> > 27. Gym Shoes: The rest of the country may refer to them as sneakers
> > or running shoes but Chicagoans will always call them gym shoes!
> > =============
> >
> >
> >
> > This is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about Chicago .
> >
> > If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through
> > May, you live in Chicago
> >
> > If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't
> > work there, you live in Chicago
> >
> > If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you live in
> > Chicago .
> >
> > If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed
> > a wrong number, you live in Chicago
> >
> > If "Vacation" means going anywhere south of I-80 for the weekend, you
> > live in Chicago .
> >
> > If you measure distance in hours, you live in Chicago .
> >
> > If you have switched from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back
> > again, you live in Chicago .
> >
> > If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging
> > ; blizzard without flinching, you live in Chicago .
> >
> > If you carry jumpers in your car and your wife knows how to use them,
> > you live in Chicago
> >
> > If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you
> > live in Chicago
> >
> > If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph -- you're going 80 and
> > everybody is passing you, you live in Chicago
> >
> > If driving is better in the winter because the pot holes are filled
> > with snow, you live in Chicago .
> >
> > If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and
> > road construction, you live in Chicago .
> >
> > If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you live in
> > Chicago
> >
> > If you find 10 degrees "a little chilly", you live in Chicago .
> >
> > If you actually understand these jokes, and forward them to all your
> > Chicago friends & other s, you live or have lived in Chicago .

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