25 WEIRD American Words You WON'T Understand
Olly Richards
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Get your exclusive guide to weird American words (inside my FREE StoryLearning Kit) 👉🏼 https://bit.ly/weird-american-words Americans have some hilariously weird regional words that can be impossible to understand. In today’s video, I’m going to share 25 of my absolute favorites with you. See if you can guess their meaning and where they’re from, And just to make things interesting, I’ll even confess what us Brits would say instead. Let’s see who’s more gobsmacked: You or me! Watch next 👉🏼 https://youtu.be/AR8a-SG6l0k StoryLearning blog https://bit.ly/weird-australian-words Learn a language with Stories https://bit.ly/StoryLearning-Courses Find a great language tutor https://bit.ly/languatalkyt ⏱ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Americans use weird regional words 0:28 Bufflehead 1:25 Piddlin’ 2:07 High muckamuck 2:47 Dingbatter 3:50 Cattywampus 4:42 Sneetered 5:55 All hat and no cattle 6:26 Dad gum it 7:20 All-git-out 7:53 Larruping 8:47 Tarnation 9:16 Jockey box 10:16 High falutin’ 10:56 Raising Cain 11:53 Right out straight 12:22 Puppy chow 13:01 That dog don’t hunt 13:46 Wicked 14:49 Whoopensocker 15:29 Sice 16:19 Well, I S’wanee 16:49 Snirt 17:31 Frog strangler 18:16 If the creek don’t rise 18:55 Jawn 🎬 Video Clips: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0eN_uqAFpz/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== https://www.tiktok.com/@chrisafraley/video/7217626872086056235 https://youtube.com/shorts/PEUYUWI95zM?si=4fw8XPpmYPVCvC8v https://youtu.be/KB14Tt7yoek?si=ybdKBSiDipLrnFoe&t=74 https://www.tiktok.com/@macy.watkins/video/7154040553133411626 https://www.tiktok.com/@khaotickayleee/video/7174160446268738858 https://youtube.com/shorts/mi4myPzsspc?si=QUxfZL6p-dwHOa4g https://youtu.be/gYSAKe8sCz0?si=R0zDbVrLiNwfbnmA&t=30 https://youtu.be/jENCru3sW6I?si=Ecc-0KlHhHJduS2y&t=61 https://www.tiktok.com/@keenanwilsonactor/video/7190559578751307054?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7397387252056704517 https://www.tiktok.com/@jolizzlocke/video/7096259150325353770?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7397387252056704517 https://www.tiktok.com/@macy.watkins/video/7146620753927048490 https://www.tiktok.com/@marleensoriano/video/7256061203850611974?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7397387252056704517 https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/a90a0f1a-0b63-4a1b-b409-b01d416d447a https://youtu.be/rt6phcKpYT8?si=15McbHS3mh7SvFfX&t=126 https://www.tiktok.com/@juliusdavidson1010/video/7406869959655148831?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7397387252056704517 https://youtu.be/8q6_GB8JYvI?si=E3DuF-qZ8zWUCTxI&t=9 https://youtu.be/iRBFg7_c_4I?si=rrpps8DR2u92A941&t=209 https://youtu.be/mQ_KOvXIaE0?si=1MQ1-WIR8EIdP0Ju&t=210 https://www.tiktok.com/@corysworldd/video/7448421422495501600 https://youtu.be/rt6phcKpYT8?si=k9yeMkedhH9nnOXq&t=312 https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18MnhxhrbD/ https://youtu.be/6XMfU6-Npzs?si=qeiMPaBDhLoCuDng&t=30 https://youtu.be/9QUI-n-5fWI?si=4OLOOmQ8o2SmCtJX&t=90 https://www.tiktok.com/@ben_brainard/video/7074617846151646510?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7397387252056704517 https://fb.watch/wQZLRL0vRD/ https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0uR36orAzI/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== https://youtu.be/FVU23kSPA6U?si=nFnDryyuqEn3JCNo&t=9 https://youtube.com/shorts/n_tc5ADSGhA?si=6SyR-DObUK4u9inQ https://www.tiktok.com/@danaehays/video/7246938291201740078 https://youtu.be/mQ_KOvXIaE0?si=Et_dOLsGJU_8TvXw&t=234 https://youtu.be/XSZVMeynt5s?si=22tErNmWxtM1ZsWr&t=111
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