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BinglesDangles t1_iuy59br wrote

I grew up in Maine and most of our stupid phrases were just dumb inside jokes. One time a parent said "Get my jacket off the floor! You're getting it dirty, friggin'". It was so absurd it got embedded into our vernacular. For a decade we would say "Dirty, friggin, jacket, friggin" and laugh like morons.

That said, I have never heard the phrase "Give ah the dinnah."

We said "She's a biscuit" (That girl is high maintenance), "Doin' the numbahs" (Rolling low quality joints) and "Swamp donkey" (Generic insult). Just dumb kid stuff.

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kintokae t1_iuymsop wrote

I always enjoyed swamp donkey. My wife grew up in Maine but was originally from Colorado. She laughs at all my weird phrases that I picked up from my parents.

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