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Getty Images Like any port city, New Orleans is a confluence of cultures. With deep-south and Cajun roots, those many cultures combine to produce a set of dialects so distinctive that even native ...
Patois (/ ˈ p æ t w ɑː /, pl. same or / ˈ p æ t w ɑː z /) [1] is speech or language that is considered nonstandard, although the term is not formally defined in linguistics.As such, patois can refer to pidgins, creoles, dialects or vernaculars, but not commonly to jargon or slang, which are vocabulary-based forms of cant.
Cajun English, or Cajun Vernacular English, is a dialect of American English derived from Cajuns living in Southern Louisiana. Cajun English is significantly influenced by Louisiana French , the historical language of the Cajun people, themselves descended from the French-speaking Acadian people .
A slang dictionary is a reference book containing an alphabetical list of slang, which is vernacular vocabulary not generally acceptable in formal usage, usually including information given for each word, including meaning, pronunciation, and etymology.
Cajun: a style of cooking named after French settlers who made their way to Louisiana in the 1700s. Cajun food often uses ingredients like peppers, onions, celery, and herbs, in addition to a lot ...
Coming from the Spanish word "juzgado" which means court of justice, hoosegow was a term used around the turn of the last century to describe a place where drunks in the old west spent a lot of ...
Slang terms for money; N. List of slang names for cannabis; P. List of police-related slang terms; List of Puerto Rican slang words and phrases; R. List of regional ...
Nick David/Getty Images. 17. Lit “Certain words are so widespread at a specific moment that they become a fad in and of themselves. 'Lit' stands out to me as one of those words,” says VP of ...