Southernism (Noun)
Meaning 1
A locution or pronunciation peculiar to the southern United States.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- Y'all come back now, I'll be fixin' to make some sweet tea for ya.
- He dropped the g at the end of "talking" like a classic southernism.
- She said "y'hear" at the end of every sentence, a southernism she'd never outgrown.
- The Yankee visitor couldn't quite place the southernism "finest kind" but smiled and nodded anyway.
- Bless your heart, that's a nasty shade of southernism that can imply disdain or sympathy.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
An attitude characteristic of Southerners (especially in the US).
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.