Expressions That Are Common In The South That Outsiders Won’t Know

Published on June 12, 2022
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“A Mind To”

There are a lot of ways of saying you’re thinking about doing something, but in the south, there’s one very common way of saying this. If you’re in the south, you might tell someone that you have “a mind to” to something, for example you have a mind to go for a run, but you’re not sure just how long.

A Mind To

A Mind To

“Piddle”

You might not have heard this one before, but to “piddle” means to be lazy or procrastinating something. You can say that someone is “piddling around” but you can also say that somebody “piddled away” all of their money, so it can be used in several different ways.

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Piddle

Piddle