Famous “Pittsburghese”
- Aht: adv. Opposite of in
- Babushka: n. a head scarf used for a bad hair day
- Chipped ham: n. thinly sliced ham sold only in the Burgh
- Chitchat: v. idle conversation
- Dahntahn: n. opposite of uptahn
- Gumban: n. rubber band
- Hans: n. a part of the body
- Jaggers: n. thorns
- Jeetjet? No, j’ew?: did you eat yet? no, did you?
- Jumbo: n. bologna
- Jynt igle: n. popular supermarket
- Keller: n. “black and gold to name a few”
- Nebby: adj . nosey to a fault
- Pensivania: n. state where friends and memories last a lifetime
- Picksburgh: n. the greatest city in pensivania
- Pop: n. carbonated beverage; soda
- Redd up: v. to straighten or clean up an area
- Sammitch: n. chipped ham or jumbo between two pieces of Town Talk Bread
- E’ slibberty: n. end of town opposite Wes’liberty
- Slippey: adv. slippery
- Spicket: n. a water faucet
- Stillers: n. six time super bowl champs
- Stillmill: n. factory where steel is produced
- Telepole: n. telephone pole
- The burgh: n. a very cool city
- The mon: n. the Monongahela River
- The point: n. the meeting place of Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers