Goodnight Irene

Sometimes used to tell a person who has gone past their time to leave, to go ahead and just leave.

“Didn’t you say you were leaving? Goodnight Irene.”

by Bill Mobley July 05, 2021

Customer

One to be angry at or bitter against.

I hate how that customer opens the door and walks in.

by Bill Mobley August 12, 2023

Geeked up

A phrase made popular by black males (usually from the south) who meant to say, for example: We all were geared up and ready to go. Instead they would say, "we all were geeked up and ready to go." This is the truth.

All of the players were geeked up and ready for the game.

by Bill Mobley February 22, 2024

Clowning

"Acting the fool" or "telling someone off." Making your displeasure known loudly, because someone didn't (for example) pay you what he or she promised.

Maggie know good and well she shouldn't have been clowning and acting the fool at that public library.

by Bill Mobley February 17, 2023

Salmon Co-Cakes

What some southern kids called Salmon Croquettes.

Mama fixed some salmon co-cakes today.

by Bill Mobley January 26, 2022

Beese

A word used by some black southerners long ago, (and sometimes still used today by old timers) often in a loving casual way to denote the reason for some action one may have taken or didn't take.

"Oh I know she owes me a little money, but I couldn't say nothing about that, beese she walked way over here and had so much trouble finding me. You know what I'm saying?" "It would be so ugly to bring that up."

by Bill Mobley March 02, 2023

Pee-the-bed

An older child causing concern because he still urinates in bed while sleeping at night.

"I heard that Jeffery pee-the-bed at night, and he'll be seven soon.

by Bill Mobley October 12, 2021