New Hampshire residents love to keep it simple and honor the past. We don’t have too many fancy words, but we do have a few tried-and-true pieces of slang that we hang on to tightly. Here are ten words you’ll only understand if you’re from New Hampshire.
- Bubbler
Anjan Catterjee/flickr Also known, in the rest of the country, as a water fountain
- Hornpout
Ham and fleas/flickr If you’re a fisherman, you know that this is what New Hampshire residents call catfish.
- You’s
Rik Lomas/flickr Instead of saying “y’all” or “you guys,” many New Hampshire residents just add an s.
- Quill pig
Colleen P./flickr This is a uniquely New Hampshire way of referencing a porcupine.
- Frappe
New1mproved/flickr This word, which rhymes with “slap,” is a wonderfully thick milkshake.
- X-Y-Z
Jeff Belmonte/flickr If your friend’s fly is open, this is a great way to tell them subtly. But people outside the Granite State may not know what you mean by this subtle abbreviation for “eXamine Your Zipper.”
- Beater
Scott King/flickr A beloved old car, that you don’t mind beating up on.
- Masshole
Jimmy Emerson/flickr ‘Cause sometimes our neighbors to the south are… well, you get the idea.
- Wicked
Jeffery Bennette/flickr We share this word with our New England neighbors, but we know it’s wicked important to mention here.
- The Old Man
Derek S./flickr Not your old man, The Old Man. The one and only.
What word lets you know that someone is from the Granite State?
Anjan Catterjee/flickr
Also known, in the rest of the country, as a water fountain
Ham and fleas/flickr
If you’re a fisherman, you know that this is what New Hampshire residents call catfish.
Rik Lomas/flickr
Instead of saying “y’all” or “you guys,” many New Hampshire residents just add an s.
Colleen P./flickr
This is a uniquely New Hampshire way of referencing a porcupine.
New1mproved/flickr
This word, which rhymes with “slap,” is a wonderfully thick milkshake.
Jeff Belmonte/flickr
If your friend’s fly is open, this is a great way to tell them subtly. But people outside the Granite State may not know what you mean by this subtle abbreviation for “eXamine Your Zipper.”
Scott King/flickr
A beloved old car, that you don’t mind beating up on.
Jimmy Emerson/flickr
‘Cause sometimes our neighbors to the south are… well, you get the idea.
Jeffery Bennette/flickr
We share this word with our New England neighbors, but we know it’s wicked important to mention here.
Derek S./flickr
Not your old man, The Old Man. The one and only.
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