Ashley in Danville, Kentucky, says that if she’s looking pale or wan, her mother will say You look like a haint. The dialectal term haint is used throughout much of the American South to mean “ghost” or “evil spirit”...
Keisha from Lafayette, Louisiana, grew up speaking Cajun French in Acadiana and was struck anew by honte, used for acute embarrassment or shame—as in someone feeling deeply honte after an awkward public mishap. It’s not the English haunt and has...
Primarily in the southern United States, the word haint refers to a ghost or supernatural being, such as a poltergeist. Haint is almost certainly a variant of haunt. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Haint” Hello, you...