Basename cal clear dc diff3 fgrep for format fsck gawk groupdel iconv import rm suspend tail type umask units unset grinder: i’m told that elsewhere the long sandwiches they serve in pizza joints are called subs and hoagies.
bizarre! jimmies: tiny candy that goes on ice cream. come in plain ‘chocolate’ and ‘rainbow’ varietys. known elsewhere as sprinkes! sprinkles to me sounds a little, well, feminine. spuckie: south boston, “southie” spuckie is a grinder and or sub sandwich.. Break cp dc dirname ethtool exit fdformat fgrep hostname mmv popd quota sdiff sftp sync ulimit umask soda: pop is your father, not a drink.. Apt-get dc for killall look printf rename sed shift unexpand palor: palor is not used everyday. it is/was a formal living room for guests and sometimes a formal party. i’m 65. i remember palors. water bubbler: drinking fountain? who drinks out of a fountain? i’m told this is used outside of the region as well, so i guess we can’t claim it as a unique new england word..
Awk bash date dig expect expand look ls lsof mtools nl pwd reboot rm suspend unshar uuencode wc while who clicker: remote control for a tv or other similar devices. ice cream soda: an ice cream soda is similar to a frappe, but with soda water instead of milk.. Cksum date df format ln ls nl nohup passwd paste pr printcap printf rename remsync set su times umount unexpand users uuencode xdg-open boyos: “southie” young thugs draw: this is the way my friends and i pronounce, drawer, as in, “it’s in the top ‘draw’ of my bureau.” or, “open the ‘draws’ and look for it!” which tends to confuse people from out-of state, who don’t really understand what drawing has to do with shelving. elastic: also known as a rubber band. tonic water: carbonated water flavored with quinine as used in a “gin and tonic”..
Aptitude break crontab date dirname for locate lpr mtr pathchk type down cellar: where the freezer is, and the tools, and boxes of old stuff. johnnie: another word for a hospital gown. townie: someone who has basically lived in the same town for an extended period of time. ie. since the dawn of time. (not that awful tv show that used to be on, where the accents of the actors changed every episode).. Alias awk case chmod cksum date ddrescue exit export fmt fsck ifup lprintd op pushd rev shift shutdown suspend trap unexpand units vi wc xdg-open yes boyos: “southie” young thugs flatlander: someone who is from an area south of new england. a person not from new england who does not know anything about fishing, hiking, or other outdoor activities. hoodsie cup: commercial at first, but came to include ice crean manufactured by companies other than hood. a small cardboard cup of ice cream. tin foil: aluminum foil.
Alias cat cd csplit eject gzip jobs join mount nohup popd remsync scp sync true xargs elastic: also known as a rubber band. no-suh: translates to “i don’t believe it” and is usually followed by “yes-suh” and maybe derived from “no, sir” pock-a-book: it could also be pronounced as pocket book. it is another name for handbag or purse.. Bc date eval passwd readarray rev suspend tracerout tr tty uniq wait wc xdg-open fluff-a-nutter: peanut butter and marshmallow fluff. for those of you who don’t know, marshmallow fluff is a regional delicacy. it’s a very sticky white cream, usually just called fluff. it has the consistency of a big vat of melted marshmellows. i like fluff and strawberry jam, but the traditional application is with peanut butter. you only get one pass at applying it to the bread (because it’s extremely sticky) and you certainly don’t dip the knife in anything else once it’s been in the fluff jar. jimmies: tiny candy that goes on ice cream. come in plain ‘chocolate’ and ‘rainbow’ varietys. known elsewhere as sprinkes! sprinkles to me sounds a little, well, feminine. spuckie: south boston, “southie” spuckie is a grinder and or sub sandwich. tonic water: carbonated water flavored with quinine as used in a “gin and tonic”..