At SUNY Potsdam and North Country Public Radio, Grant Barrett collected slang, regionalisms, and family expressions on index cards, about 160 terms in all. Examples include crick, a northern regional pronunciation of creek, and bogue or boag, slang...
This week’s Slang This! contestant, John Schwaller, president of the State University of New York at Potsdam, ponders the possible meanings of the terms donk and “Baltimore wrench.” He offers his own favorite slang term, “snow snake.” This is part...
