In South Carolina, if someone offers you a broadus or something for broadus, say “Yes, please!” It’s a little extra something a store clerk might give to a customer. As we discussed in an earlier episode, this kind of “gift thrown in for good measure,” is often called a lagniappe. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Gift for Good Measure”
I was talking earlier about South Carolina terms like pluff for pluff mud.
And I found a whole bunch of other cool ones.
How about Broadus? Do you know Broadus?
No, Calvin Broadus, though. Isn’t he a famous hip hop artist?
I don’t know. What does Broadus mean?
How do you spell that?
Yeah, B-R-O-A-D-U-S, Broadus.
It is the same thing as a lanyard. It’s a little extra something that you give to a customer.
What’s the origin of that?
It may come from an old Spanish or Portuguese word meaning a bargain. Like barata in Spanish is cheap.
I wonder if Snoop Dogg knows that his last name means bargain.
I don’t know. Well, if anybody knows Snoop Dogg, let him know.
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