SOUTHERNISM OF THE MONTH Glow: What Southern Belles do instead of sweating, as they gently blot their faces with lace-edged hankies and languidly move their hand...
SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Down in the dirt: Someone is willing to roll up their sleeves and participate at an elemental level, getting dirty and playing...
A few weeks ago I made a two-day bus journey to the annual Continental Congress of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) in...
SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK High Falutin’: A situation, attitude, or circumstance in which one party is putting on airs, acting high and mighty and making noises...
SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK High Falutin’: A situation, attitude, or circumstance in which one party is putting on airs, acting high and mighty and making noises...
SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Bite the bullet: Dating back to primitive medical conditions during the Civil War, the expression means to toughen up and endure the...
SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Come on over any time; the kettle’s always on: Interchangeable with “the coffee pot’s always on, and the welcome mat’s out” meaning...
SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Ain’t it a hoot: Related to “give a hoot” and “whoop and holler”… Something is a hoot if it is funny or...
SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK As nice as pie: A really sweet and kind person… someone we want to be around. NO EXOTIC INGREDIENTS NEEDED FOR THESE...
SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Hallelujah and pass the cornbread: Southern epithet of support favored by Madea and most church-goers, meaning “Praise the Lord, Amen and let’s...