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Wonderful collection of Texas vernacular - a few examples:

aggravated
used to describe everything from mild annoyance to dangerous, murderous rage. Usually pronounced "agger-vated."

crusty
tough and/or bad tempered man, woman or horse.

larrupin'
a few fingers tastier than finger-lickin' good.

turd-floater
a very heavy downpour.

the friendly creature
19th century term for whiskey.

whomperjawed
when something is not fitting properly, e.g., "You'll never get that wine open, the corscrew is all whomperjawed!"

Posted by DaveH at December 10, 2007 12:50 PM