Before anyone can graduate from High School they must be able to speak Wisconsinese. This primer is used by all students to help them prepare for an examination.
1. AIN-A-HEY: placed at the end of a profound statement, as in “isn’t it?”
2. BART: a Green Bay institution who doesn’t need a last name; see VINCE
3. BELIEVE-YOU-ME: attached to the beginning or end of a statement and makes it more credible, as in “really!”
4. BLAZE ORANGE: what deer hunters and cold-weather Packer fans wear at Lambeau Field. Also a popular color for jail uniforms.
5. BORN IN A BARN?: a sarcastic question which usually means you left the door open or could not correctly differentiate between an alewive and a ‘schmelt’.
6. BORROW: used in place of lend, as in “Could youse borrow me a couple two-three bucks, yahhey?”
7. BRAT: a sausage; a Wisconsin tailgate favorite; doesn’t have anything to do with a spoiled kid.\
8. BUBBLER: to the rest of the world outside Wisconsin’s borders it is known as a drinking fountain…
9. BUDGE: to merge without permission; cut in; as in “Don’t you budge in line for a brat. I was here first!”.
10. BY: to; near, as in “Let’s go by One Eyed Jack’s” or “She’ll come by da house tonight.”
11. CHEDDARHEAD: someone from Wisconsin; see CHEESEHEAD
12. CHEESEHEAD: someone from Wisconsin; see CHEDDARHEAD
13. CHEESE CURD: small pieces of fresh cheese that squeak when you bite into them.
14. COMEER ONCE: a request for the presence of another Cheddarhead.
15. COUPLE-TWO-THREE: more than one; as in “Delmer and I drank a couple-two-three beers.”
16. CRIPES: a Wisconsin expletive.
17. CRIPES SAKE: a mild Wisconsin expletive
18. CRIPES SAKE ALMIGHTY: a wild Wisconsin expletive. ..
19. DA: substitute for words beginning with “TH”, as in “Da guy over dere in da Bears shirt dere.”..
20. DAVENPORT: what your mom called ‘the sofa’; a couch..
21. FAIR-TA-MIDDLIN: not bad or great; just “O.K.”..
22. FISH FRY: a Friday night dining ritual in Wisconsin..
23. FLEET FARM: a Cheddarhead’s answer to Bloomingdales.
24. FROZEN TUNDRA: Lambeau Field
25. GEEEZ!: another Wisconsin expletive.
26. GOAHEAD: proceed, as in “Goahead and back up your car dere.”
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27. GOTS: used in place of “have”; as in, “I gots my tickets to watch da Packers play on da Frozen Tundra.”.. |
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28. GOL-DURN: another Wisconsin expletive |
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29. HEY: placed at the beginning or end of phrases to emphasis, as in,”Hey, how ’bout dem Packers?” or “How’s about dem Packers, hey!” |
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30. HOWS BY YOU?: a greeting; the same as, “How’s everything?”. |
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31. HUMDINGER: a beauty; as in “Dat croppy youse cought up-nort is a real humdinger.” |
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32. JOHN DEERE: a Cheddarhead’s other vehicle.. |
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33. LEAKER: one who lacks the mental or physical stamina to continue partying. |
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34. M’WAKEE: Wisconsin’s largest city; located just down the lake from T’Rivers and Man’twoc. |
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35. N-SO?: a word inserted at the end of a statement; (sometime pronounced as AIN-SO); used as a substitute for “Isn’t that right?” or “Correct?” |
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36. OH, YAH: depending on emphasis, it’s either used as acknowledgment(as in “That’s correct!”) or skepticism (“That’s bull!”) |
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37. PERT-NEER: (sometimes pronounced “PRET-NEAR”) in close proximity; just about. |
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38. POLKA: the national dance of Wisconsin. |
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44. SKEETER: Wisconsin state bird |
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39. RUBBERS: protection for your shoes; also known as “G’loshes”. |
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40. SCANSIN: the state where Cheeseheads are from. |
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41. SCHMEAR: a card game; also a term used when someone gets beat in a game of Sheepshead. |
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42. SHEEPSHEAD: another card game. |
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43. SIDE-BY-EACH: used instead of “next to each other.”. |
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45. START WIT ME LAST: to forfeit your turn. |
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46. STOP-AND-GO LIGHTS: what everyone else refers to as”traffic signals”. |
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47. UFF-DAH: (from the untranslatable Norwegian phrase); meaning varies with severity of incident, from “Oops” to “Criminey” to words following” Oh-!”; often said when you make a really big “boo-boo” and are “deep doggy-doo”.. |
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48. UNTHAW: to defrost or thaw. |
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49. YOOPER: someone from even further up-nort’ than than you. The UP,the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.. |
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