Pittsburghese

A

Ahia- Ohio

Air- There

An Da- and the

Arn- iron / iron city

Ats- that’s

Aht- out

Alls- all

Anat- means a combination of and that

Anymore- nowadays, currently these days

Aht Aht- a heavy date

Ahz- I am

Alright- well, fine

B

Bloomfilled- a field of flowers or blooms or an east end community

Burm- berm

Babushka- colorful, patterned scarf

Bahks- a container, most of the times cardboard

Blahse- something worn by women

Boilermaker- whiskey and Iron City, drop shot glass into the beer

C

Catch up- put on hot dogs and French fries

Crookit- what most politicians and all dogs’ hind legs are

Carline- trolley or streetcar tracks

Chipped ham or chipped-chopped ham- paper thin sliced ham

Church key- bottle opener

City chicken- skewered veal & pork cubes, breaded & fried like chicken

Crick- creek

Cuttant or Couttent- could not

Cubburd- closet for coats

Cahch- piece of furniture mostly found in living room

Carbon oil- kerosene

Caw- try to get a persons attention; or given someone a phone call

Crewsants- cheesy, crescent shape pastry

D

Da- the

Da burg- Pittsburgh

Dahn stree- going out

Dahntahn- downtown

Dawn- Don… man’s name

Dittent- didn’t

Djeatyet? Nodju?- “did you eat yet?” “no. did you?”

Don- down

Drug- past tense of drag

Dill- deal

E

Et- eat

F

Fahnd- discover or locate

Fahr- oxidation of materials, most of the time has flames and smoke

Fell- opposite of succeed

Filled- large open spaces

Filun- what is used by most cameras

Flahr- flowers

Filthydelphia- philadelphia

G

Gumbans- rubber bands

Gutchies- underwear

Greenfilled- Pittsburgh neighborhood

Gommed up- filthy, dirty from end to end

Grinny- chipmunk

H

Hans- hands

Hoagie- submarine sandwich

Haas- house

Hap- a comforter or quilt

High hills- high heels

How’s about- how about

I

Ignernt- rude

Ink pen- pen

Imp ‘n Arn- shot of Imperial chased with an Iron City beer

I’n near- eye and ear hospital

In regards to- expression, trying to make a speaker sound intelligent

J

Jagoff or jag- jerk

Jaynell- J&L Steel, Co.

Jynt IgI- Giant Eagle

Jumbo- bologna

J’eat- did you eat?

Jaggers- thorns

K

Kennywood’s open! - your fly is unzipped

Klondike- ice cream treat that started in Pittsburgh

Kairk- Carrick (Pittsburgh neighborhood)

Keller- color

Ketch- catch

L

Leave- let or allow

Lenth- length

Living daylight- figurative expression mostly referring to a beating

M

Meer- mirror

Melk- milk

Member- remember

Mon- the Monongahela River

Mill- food, a meal

N

N’at- and that

Nebby- nosey

Norside- north side

Nuh-uhh’ – no way

Nize- nice

O

Onion snow- a light. Late spring snow

P

P’toot- bottom

Pensivania- Pennsylvania

Pop- soda (root beer, coke,ect.)

Poke-paper or cloth or plastic bag

Prolly- probably

Pataydas- ate with steak

Pellow- pillow

Pixburgh- Pittsburgh

Putzie- fool around with

Pahn- pounds

Perch- porch

The Point- Point State Park

Q

R

Redd-up- clean up

Redlight- traffic light or intersection

Rillize- realize

Robison- Robinson

Reverend- great, extreme

Rilly- really

S

Scroll Hill- Squirrel Hill (Pittsburgh neighborhood)

Shardin- Sheridan

Shahr- shower

‘Slibery- East Liberty

Slippy- slippery

Souside- South Side

Spicket-tap or spigot or faucet

Stillers- Steelers (NFL football team)

Sammitch- sandwich

Sharteers crick- Chartiers Creek

Sketti- spaghetti

Stoop- porch

Streetcar- streetcar

Strip- the Strip District

Still mill-steel mill

Scrub- wash or clean

Sleep in- to sleep in

Still- metal that Pittsburgh is famous for

Stogie- cigar

Strenth- strength

T

Tamayda- tomato

Tempachur- temperature

Tube- tunnel

Telepole- telephone pole

That’s it, fort Pitt- that’s all

Tahl- towel

U

Uptahn- uptown

V

W

Window seal- window still

Worsh- wash or washed cloths

Wait on- wait for

What the cat drug in- figurative expression, mostly to describe someone’s appearance

Whenever- an indefinite time

Willer- the Wheeler School

X

Y

The Yock- the Youghiogheny River

Yunz- all of you

Yunzes- plural form of yunz

Yaint- you are not

Yuge- huge

Z