Yallbonics
n.— «“Yallbonics,” as Browne calls her Southernisms, pepper every page, and her correctly applied “hauled off and” or “allowed as how” will ring true for anyone from the South.» —“Oh Hunny, Just Read It” by Melissa King Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock, Ark.) Mar. 19, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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