Getting To Grips With Southern Hospitality – The True Meaning Of Southern Phrases

Published on 05/07/2021
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A Mind To

We all find ourselves wondering about the future and considering what the best way forward is in both complex and simple situations and challenges. It doesn’t always have to be something life-changing that you are pondering when you say that you have “a mind to” do something. It simply means that you are considering or think of doing something. For example, someone that is considering what they want for lunch might say, “I have a mind to drive up to KFC and get a 12-piece bucket.”.

A Mind To

A Mind To

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Piddle

The word piddle has many different meanings depending on its usage, context, and the group using it. While there are some unsavory uses for the term, we want to focus on the polite Southern one, which has to do with laziness and time-wasting. If someone says that you are “piddling around”, they mean that you are messing around, and are wasting everyone’s time. It is generally used to voice irritation with one’s laziness or procrastination.

Piddle

Piddle

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