baltimorese

a bunch of words that sound like gibberish but are really twisted words

Baltimorese, sometimes phonetically written Bawlmerese or Ballimerese, is a dialect of American English in the Mid Atlantic United States that originated among the white blue-collar residents of working class South and Southeast Baltimore.

Reference(s): From the BaltimoreHon Web and EnglishGratis web sites



aigs - eggs

Amblance -- ambulance

arnjuice - orange juice (an example of the widespread use of elision)

Atna Canny - in the suburbs, i.e. "out in the County." May or may not refer to Baltimore County

Bawlmer - Baltimore (pronounced BAWL-mur)

Beeno - B&O Railroad

Blare - Bel Air, or Belair Road.

Caff lick - Catholic

cole race beef samwish - cold roast beef sandwich

crown - crayon

downey ayshin (down the ocean) - at the beach (spent sum'r weekends downey ayshin). 'At' or 'to' is implied, but not a part of the elision; specifically, it means Ocean City, Maryland

Dundawk - Dundalk, as in Dundalk, Maryland

gubmint - government

hon - a universal name used for greeting (in extreme instances, pronounced in two syllables, "huh-in")

Jeet...Did you eat?...usually answered by "nojew?"

meer - mirror

Merlin - Maryland

Naplis - Annapolis

ool - oil

ornj - orange

arster - oyster

pleese - multiple police officer

tawlit - toilet

taeta - potato (most commonly used with 'chips')

warsh - to wash

Warshngton - As in Washington D.C., or Washington County

wooja - Would you?

yell-uh - yellow

Yerp - Europe

youse - plural of you

zink - sink