Find Out What Southern Phrases Mean Through This Fun And Entertaining Guide

Published on 01/06/2021
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Cat On A Hot Tin Roof

Southerners tend to use animal symbols rather than anyone else, as you can acknowledge the above examples. What would even say “cat on a hot tin roof”? Let us just mention that there is a really fascinating definition of this. A human on a hot tin roof who is like a cat is someone who is behaving in a sketchy and nervous way. If you think of how a cat would act on a practically hot tin roof, it might help! Are you seeing it now?

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof

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Stompin’ Grounds

We bet you didn’t have any idea what it meant! Allow us to correct this mistake if that was the case. Basically, this only means a place you feel at home. Once you leave for college or a career, you will use this term to characterize your childhood hometown. Did you come from the south but live somewhere else now? If this is the case, you can still say that your old stomping ground is the “hood.”

Stompin' Grounds

Stompin’ Grounds

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