San Francisco accent

The over the top manner in which an openly gay person speaks. A person who can be identified as being gay through their manner of speech is said to have a San Francisco accent.

I knew he was gay the first time I spoke to him, he spoke with a San Francisco accent.

by sfguy September 4, 2005

mid atlantic accent

English people who pretend to have a North America accent.

Radio 1 DJ's
Bruno Brookes
Tony Blackburn

by fast pate June 12, 2003

sudden accent syndrome

when someone you're talking to changes accent or dialect for no apparent reason a.k.a SAS

guy: Hola, it's me! como estas?

girl: Um, i thought you were French??

guy: uhm Oui! Bonjour...

girl: wow. you have sudden accent syndrome. what a loser.

by BDTn August 18, 2012

east coast accent

a term applied to textbook American English speech used by people, usually from the upper Mid-West or the South, who do not get out very much

My "Ant" KAthy, who hasn't left Milwaukee since 1983, is always trying to correct my "east coast accent."

by Whitneyfrom202 January 27, 2011

New York Accent

Myth

There is no such thing as a New York accent!!

by .💁🏿‍♀️ April 12, 2019

foreign accent syndrome

a condition in which a person unwittingly speaks his/her language with a foreign accent, usually due to a disease such as migraine and stroke.

After recovering from a stroke, the Englishman began talking with an Irish accent. It is a case of foreign accent syndrome.

by uttam maharjan September 17, 2010

Eastern New England Accent

An accent of English spoken in the East of New England.
The border is traditionally the Connecticut River, which separates the accents of Eastern and Western New England.

Eastern New England accents are non-rhotic while in Western New England the 'R's are pronounced everywhere.

by MartM May 28, 2007