By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Colder’n a well-digger’s butt: So cold that a person feels cold from the inside out… the way we’ve all...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Bread and butter: A universal American expression having several definitions, according to usage… (1) One’s basic livelihood, presumably the...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Rode Hard and Put up Wet: A classic term referring to one’s state or condition of being worse for...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Lord Love a Duck: A British-originated expression of mild amazement that’s been adopted by Southerners. (We Southerners always jump...
One day left until Music City Bowl Day! Hotty Toddy! Here are numbers 11 through 15 of our Top 50 Countdown. Enjoy! 15. Decorated Marine Vet...
Slow your roll but make sure not to tump over. By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Tump: To turn something over forcefully, as in dumping....
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK High and Dry: A state or condition of being abandoned and stranded, without hope or recovery, like a beached...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0TQ6hrBjFc HottyToddy.com food writer Laurie Triplette served up some Christmas cheer to children and adults on Saturday at the Memphis Cotton Museum’s Gimme Some Holiday...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com SO YOU HAVE THE TURKEY, HERE’S WHAT TO DO WITH IT The time is NOW to get that turkey ready for Thanksgiving. These...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Nuttier’n a fruitcake: (Also “nutty as a fruitcake” or “he/she’s a fruitcake”) Crackbrained or crazy. Not just Southern, the...