A word that has been shortened and altered so much to the point that it is impossible to understand the message a person is trying to convey.
Examples:
They ought to = They aughta (Southernised English)
Ayorta = They aughta (Southernism Southernism)
Let's go = Lego (Southernised)
With ya did ya = witch a ditch a (Southernised)
A way of speaking attributed to the South. Terms and phrases used by southerners, country folk, or hillbillys.
A Southernism is a word commonly used in southernspeak phrases.
church hurt is where you experience a degree of distance, pain, or judgement from your church community. Essentially, you are just unable to “find your place”. This is prevalent in the Christian community, but can be extended to other religions.
Now that I am an adult I am beginning to heal from the church hurt that was inflicted on me as a child.