The "Minnesota" accent is actually called either the Upper Midwestern Dialect or if you are talking about northern MN it is called the North Central Dialect. Both of these include other Midwestern states as well. The "Minnesota" accent is influenced by Scandinavian and Canadian dialects. There is a large population of Norwegian immigrants which is where a lot of the speech traits come from. The Upper Midwestern Dialect is the most common throughout the state. This includes traits like elongating vowels, esspeciall O. The North Central Dialect is more of the stereotypical "sing-song" kind of accent. Many people with the North Central Dialect will use V in the place of W. Turning "Well" into "Vell". Another reason for some of these differences is because many languages that influenced these dialects do not have many of the same phonemes that Standard American English has. So there you go... an indepth analysis of the "Minnesota" accent. (And trust me... Minnesotans do have an accent. I grew up there and then moved to the west and people catch it all the time!)
When a group of minnesota road construction workers (usually at least 5) abandons the idea that got them into a Minnesota clusterfuck but are now standing around the only actually working person and having a circle jerk, thus backing up and delaying traffic for up to weeks/months at a time. You can tell its a circle jerk from a long ways away because you will notice there orange vests that say MNDoT and yellow hard hats, when you get closer you will notice they are under a tree or leaning on the work vehicles. Sometimes they will have a coffee in one hand and a cigarette I the other. Another possible sighting would be the ass crack out the pants when he is bending over for another can of pepsi
Salina: ok great there's a sign that says"road work ahead," I wonder how backed up it will be?
Apdam: well if its a minnesota circle jerk like usual it will be bad. First you got the minnesota clusterfuck with these guys then the minnesota circle jerk usually follows
Kid in back seat: what's a minnesota circle
Jerk?
Adam: ahh... It's a bunch of minnesota road construction workers standing in a circle under a tree talking about the huge minnesota clusterfuck they just got themselves into.
Kid in backseat: oh cool I want to be in a minnesota circle jerk when I grow up!
A nickname for duct tape. In the land of lakes, snow, road salt, and rusty cars, they use duct tape a lot more often than they visit the auto body shop.
The act of getting your dick sucked, to the point of orgasm, while flying a radio controlled helicopter.
After Dan H. bragged that his girlfriend would blow him while he was flying, a Minnesota challenge was made. The loser was to buy glow sticks for night flying. As of this writing, Dan H has yet to complete the challenge, nor has he bought glow sticks.
Precedes or follows either a gratuitously disrespectful or honest remark, originated in New York City. Used in similar fashion to "no offense" or "to be honest," interchangeably.
Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.
After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.
Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.
Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.
In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.
The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.
DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.
Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.
A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.
"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."