Southern phrases funny

These common Southern sayings, expressions, and slang will have you grinning like a possum eating a sweet potato with all the charm and wit the South is known for!

Southerners know that sometimes there's just no other way to get your point across. Here are some favorite Southern slang phrases you won't hear anywhere else.

There is no shortage of Southern phrases. Whether you're looking for a humorous saying to express joy, anger, disbelief or annoyance, we've got a phrase (or two) that'll fix you right up. With that in mind, we asked you to tell us what your favorite Southern phrase is, and boy, there were a lot of t...

Whether you heard it through the grapevine or from your mama, these superstitions are well-known around the South.

While we're all staying home, our emotions are running the gamut. One minute we're happy to be spending time with family, the next we're worried or irritated or confused. As time passes, you may be running out of colorful Southern phrases to express the full range of feelings. We're here to help. H...

Southerners have some clever ways to describe appearances, by which we mean pass judgment. Sure, it's not politically correct these days to “body shame," so let's just say the following expressions are for entertainment purposes, by which we mean ... they're hilarious.Which have you heard? Which wou...

Southerners have a wide vocabulary of Southern words and phrases, handed down from generation-to-generation. After all, there's a Southern expression for just about any and every situation. That said, most of us have a favorite, or a go-to saying, that we tend to use more than others on a regular ba...