Boston Slang

Slang terms

• bang - to make a left turn; sometimes used interchangably with hang
• bazo - a drunkard; used mostly in South Boston
• Beantown - Boston
• Brahmin - Boston Brahmin
• bubbler - drinking fountain

• The Cape - Cape Cod
• chowdahead - stupid person
• cleaser - dry cleaner; used more often in the names of dry cleaning shops than in actual speech
• The Combat Zone - the red light district of Boston that used to exist between Downtown Crossing and Chinatown
• The Common - Boston Common
• Cow Hampshire - derogatory term for New Hampshire
• Curse of the Bambino - see article

• frappe - a milkshake; the term milkshake has a separate use (see below)

• grinder - submarine sandwich; see also spuckie

• hang - to make a right turn; sometimes used interchangably with bang
• The Hub - Boston; shortened from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.'s phrase The Hub of the Universe

• jimmes - sprinkles

• milkshake - milk mixed with flavored syrup; differs from frappe by not including ice cream

• "No suh!" - "No way!"

• packie - liquor store
• The Pike - the Massachusetts Turnpike
• P-town - Provincetown, Massachusetts

• Southie - South Boston
• spuckie - submarine sandwich; see also grinder

• The T - the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority; also used for the subway run by it
• tonic - soft drink
• townie - a person from the suburbs; also used in reference to someone from Charlestown, Massachusetts

• The Vineyard - Martha's Vineyard

• wicked - very

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