Chattaboogie
n.— «When my friends moved to Tennessee from Los Angeles a decade ago, they believed they were being exiled. Recently, one of them was offered a dream job elsewhere and decided to turn it down in order to stay in “Chattaboogie,” as they call it.» —“Let’s make tracks” by Pamela Petro Telegraph (United Kingdom) May 20, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Ophelia in Johnson City, Tennessee, wonders about the exclamation her great-grandmother often used when something surprised her: Cat bristle! That may be her own version of a minced oath, although it fits with the idea of how a cat’s tail might look...
Aaron in Los Angeles, California, notes while using public transit in Britain he and other passengers were instructed to alight from the front, meaning “exit the car from the front.” Alight comes from an Old English word alihtan, literally, to...