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The Dirty Side 

A term used by over-the-road truckers referring to the east coast of the United States, with its large congested cities, pollution, crime, and grime, as contrasted to the western United States with its wide open spaces, natural beauty and clean air.
I was glad to get back to the West after spending two weeks on the Dirty Side.
The Dirty Side by Woody Thomas March 4, 2010
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Dirty Side Of The Bed 

When you run off a batch before going to sleep —letting it fly and land where it may— and then roll over to sleep in the clean part of the bed.
You act nonplussed when I told you about my Dirty Side Of The Bed, like you've never laid in your own filth before.

North Side of the Dirty South 

Generally the state that is just south of the Mason-Dixon line. Maryland and some will also consider Washington DC.
We about to take on a ride through the north side of the dirty south!

Right side of the dirt

Alive. Not dead and buried.
Tom: I had a very bad car accident last week. Busted my leg.
Jill: At least you wound up on the right side of the dirt.

bang a you-ee 

of Massachusetts orig. "to make a u-turn"
hey, we missed the bar, bang a you-ee
Word of the Day on July 19, 2026
The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"
Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013
Word of the Day on July 18, 2026
To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.
"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."
Skeef by kachinaflonk July 16, 2026
Word of the Day on July 17, 2026