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Ukrainian

      dupa n • [..cf Ukrainian dupa..]

      golumpki n pl • [..cf also Ukrainian and Czech hołub..]

Ulster; Concise Ulster Dictionary

      spouting n • [Cf Concise Ulster Dict., Spouting..a drainpipe..a gutter along the edge of a roof”] (MAP)

      sugan n 1 • [Cf Concise Ulster Dict. suggan 2 “A straw horse-collar”; 5 “A protective straw pad…”]

      whenever conj b • [1996 Concise Ulster Dict. 384 “Whenever I was young I could do it”..]

      whang n3 • [..1996 Concise Ulster Dict. whang n.2 1 “a `tang’: a rancid taste in milk or butter”..]

      which pron 2 • [Concise Ulster Dict. which 2 “What? pardon?”]

      wizzen n • [Chiefly nEngl, Scots, nIr varr of weasand; cf..SND wizzen, Concise Ulster Dict. weasen]

      yourns pron 1 • [Pronc-spp for your ones..cf Concise Ulster Dict. your yins, your uns, your’n’s..household]

uncultivated

      ain’t v2 • freq considered uncult

United States, eastern See East

UpperMidwest

      American fried potatoes n pl 1 • chiefly Upper MW, N Cent (MAP)

      anti-i-over n, exclam • chiefly wGt Lakes, Upper MW, West (MAP)

      backset v • Upper MW

      basket social n • chiefly Upper MW, NW

      biffy n • chiefly Upper MW and WI (MAP)

      bismarck n • chiefly Upper MW, wGt Lakes

      bonanza farm n • chiefly Upper MW, scattered West

      boulevard n 1 • chiefly Upper MW, N Cent (MAP)

      box-elder bug n • chiefly Upper MW, N Cent (MAP)

      bromegrass n • Nth, esp Upper MW, Gt Lakes

      buck n1 3a • ?esp N Cent, Upper MW

      burr oak n • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, Cent (MAP)

      cat and mouse n 1 • chiefly Upper MW, WI, Cent (MAP)

      cluck adj • chiefly PA, N Cent, Upper MW

      cluck n 1 • chiefly PA, N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)

      cluck v • Nth, esp PA, WI, Upper MW

      cockleburr n 1 • widespread, but chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, West (MAP)

      *covered-dish meal n • widespread exc Pacific, Upper MW, WI, MI (MAP)

      *dog n1 B3 • scattered, but less freq NEast, Upper MW, NW (MAP)

      ear corn n • esp Upper MW

      *earthworm n • widespread exc Rocky Mts, Upper MW; esp freq Sth (MAP)

      eversharp n • scattered, but esp N Cent, Upper MW, KS, MO (MAP)

      *faller n • chiefly Pacific NW; less freq Upper MW, NEng

      farmer match n • chiefly Upper MW, Gt Lakes, NY, WV (MAP)

      feeder n 5 • chiefly Upper MW, N Cent, SE (MAP)

      feedlot n • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW

      flickertail n 2 • chiefly Upper MW, esp ND

      forty acres n pl • Upper MW

      foxtail n 1 • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, West (MAP)

      frost boil n 1 • chiefly Upper MW

      fruit soup n • Upper MW

      fuss-button n • chiefly PA, N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)

      gab n1 • now esp Gt Lakes, Upper MW (MAP)

      goosetown n • scattered, but esp N Cent, Upper MW

      gopher n1 2b(1) • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, Rocky Mts

      grab onto v phr • chiefly Upper MW, N Cent (MAP)

      grease ant n • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, CA (MAP)

      ground squirrel n b • chiefly West, Upper MW

      hog house n 1a • chiefly Upper MW, N Cent; also S Midl (MAP)

      *knock v 1 • scattered exc N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)

      kolacky n • chiefly WI, Upper MW (MAP)

      last couple out n • esp Upper MW, KS (MAP)

      long john n 2 • scattered, but chiefly Upper Missip Valley, Upper MW, Plains States, MI (MAP)

      lutefisk n • chiefly Upper MW, WI, nwIL (MAP)

      mayflower n 3b • chiefly Upper MW

      Mother Hubbard squash n • esp Upper MW

      *nanny n1 • scattered exc nNEng, Upper MW, Cent (MAP)

      niggerwool n 1 • esp Upper MW

      Norski n • chiefly MI, WI, Upper MW, Pacific NW (MAP)

      owly adj • chiefly Upper MW, Gt Lakes (MAP)

      pa n A1 (pronc) • widespread, but esp NEast, N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)

      *pedro n (pronc) • chiefly Inland Nth (exc Upper MW, NW), CA (MAP)

      pig house n 1 • esp N Cent, Upper MW

      pocket gopher n 2 • Upper MW

      pomme blanche n • chiefly Upper MW, Plains States

      pomme de prairie n • chiefly Upper MW, Plains States

      pom-pom-pullaway n • chiefly Gt Lakes, Upper MW, Plains States, Rocky Mts, sCA (MAP)

      pooey exclam • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, Upper MW; also C Atl (MAP)

      pooh out v phr • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)

      pothole n 2 • chiefly wGt Lakes, Upper MW, NW

      roof n, v (pronc) • esp NEng, Upper MW |r^Uf|

      root n1, v (pronc) • esp NEng, Upstate NY, Upper MW |r^Ut|

      runza n • chiefly Upper MW, esp NE

      sandburr n 1 • chiefly West, Upper MW, N Cent, C Atl

      saskatoon n • NW, Upper MW

      sauerkraut n 2 • chiefly Nth, esp NW, Upper MW (MAP)

      Scandihoovian n, adj • chiefly Upper MW, Pacific (MAP)

      scoop shovel n 1 • esp Cent, Upper MW

      scour v • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, Cent

      semi n • scattered, but chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, West (MAP)

      shelter belt n • chiefly Plains States, Upper MW

      shuck v1 1c • chiefly NEast, N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)

      sic ’em, not to know v phr • chiefly Inland Nth, esp Pacific NW, Rocky Mts, Upper MW (MAP)

      siehst du interrog exclam • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)

      slough grass n 1 • chiefly Upper MW, Upper Missip Valley, Plains States (MAP)

      snap v 2a • esp Upper MW, Cent

      snirt n • esp Upper MW

      snoose n1 • chiefly Pacific NW, Rocky Mts, Upper MW, WI (MAP)

      spike pitcher n • Plains States, Upper MW, NW

      starlight, moonlight n • Upper MW, WI

      storm windows n pl • esp Upper MW, WI

      straw shed n 2 • chiefly Upper MW, N Cent

      swather n • chiefly Upper MW, West (MAP)

      sweet soup n • WI, Upper MW

      *taw n C1a • widespread exc NEast, Gt Lakes, Upper MW (MAP)

      thunder pumper n 1 • scattered, but esp wGt Lakes, Upper MW

      timber squirrel n • esp Upper MW, KS, NEast

      tree claim n • Upper MW, Plains States

      trunk n 2 • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, esp WI (MAP)

      vetbollen n pl • Upper MW, Gt Lakes in Du settlement areas

      walk v 1b • esp Upper MW

      whoop n C2 • scattered, but esp S Atl, Gulf States, Gt Lakes, Upper MW, Pacific (MAP)

      wild alfalfa n 2 • chiefly Cent, Upper MW

      wild hay n • widespread, but more freq Upper MW, West (MAP)

      yah adv • scattered, but chiefly Nth, esp N Cent, Upper MW, Plains States (MAP)

      you betcha adv phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl, CA, TX; now esp Upper MW, NW (MAP)

Upper Mississippi Valley See Mississippi Valley, Upper

Upstate New York See New York, Upstate

urban

      ass from one’s elbow, not to know one’s v phr • urban (MAP)

      beat adj • esp among young, urban, and Black speakers

      boondock n • orig military slang, now widespread, esp among urban, young and mid-aged speakers

      boss adj • scattered but esp in urban areas of Nth, N Midl, Pacific

      buck buck n 2 • chiefly urban

      crack up v phr • esp among young, urban, coll educ, and Black speakers

      dig v2 2 • chiefly among young and mid-aged speakers; esp freq among Black speakers; esp freq in urban comms

      dozen n B1 • among Black speakers; esp urban

      dreck n • urban, chiefly in Jewish and German settlement areas

      either adj, adv, pron, conj (pronc) • esp urban areas of the NEast

      faggot n • used..chiefly by young speakers, most freq by well educ urban males

      fall n 4 • chiefly among young, well-educ, urban women

      house-rent party n • chiefly among Black speakers; urban

      klutz n • esp in urban areas

      ofay n • chiefly urban

      sound v • esp in urban areas

Utah

      across lot(s) adv phr 2 • chiefly UT

      cohab n • UT

      cougar n • chiefly NW, CA, UT (MAP)

      culinary water n • UT

      dout v • chiefly UT, WY

      gentile n • esp UT

      gold-and-green ball n • esp UT

      leatherside minnow n • esp UT

      lucerne n • formerly more widespread, now esp UT, ID

      Mormon derrick n • esp UT, ID, eOR

      Mormon tree n • UT

      mountain herring n • esp UT

      oose n • UT

      saint n • esp UT

      salmon n B2a(3) • esp AZ, UT

      seal v • esp UT, ID

      slickrock n • UT

      slough v1 • esp UT

      snowdrop n 3 • UT

      spiritual wife n • chiefly West, esp UT

      viewing n • chiefly PA, NJ, MD, DE; also UT (MAP)