COUNTY LIFE
Southerners describe heat in so many interesting terms
The language learning platform Preply has used Google search data to reveal a list of the most commonly used heat expressions in the south.
Southerners in the U.S. are well-known for their colorful language and vivid imagery. With unique expressions like “She’s madder than a wet hen” and “I’m finer than frog hair split four ways,” they also have plenty of animated ways to talk about what it’s like to bake in the sun on a summer day.
Lucky for you, we’ve compiled a list of some of the most widespread Southern phrases used to describe just how fiery it can feel outside.
So leave “It’s hot!” behind and pick up a few new ear-catching phrases to try out this summer!
Here are the 20 most popular Southern sayings about the heat:
- It’s not the heat—it’s the humidity.
- Hot as Hades.
- Hotter than Dutch love.
- It’s a barn burner.
- Hotter than blue blazes.
- Hotter than Georgia asphalt.
- Hot enough to scald a lizard.
- Hotter than a stolen tamale.
- She sure is a-beamin’.
- Aweful selsery.
- Hot enough to scald a loon.
- Training grounds for down below.
- The bear got him.
- It’s a torcher.
- It must be 90 in the shade.
- This one’s gonna be a scorcher.
- You could fry an egg on the sidewalk.
- It’s like walking through soup out here.
- It’s so hot the ice cream truck melted.
- It’s so hot the swimming pool is boiling.
Amy Pritchett, Learning Success Manager at Preply, said:
“There’s something about Southern heat that speaks to us like nothing else. It’s our sweat badge of courage – proof, in our minds, that we can stand mercury levels that would indeed undo our northern brethren. And we do it gracefully. Southern women don’t sweat – we “glisten.”
The epicenter of heat-tolerance pride is, of course, Texas. Move there from anywhere else, and soon you’ll be calling the folks back home, full of yourself and spouting off about the cold snap you’re having in Fort Worth, what with the temperature dipping into the 90s.
It’s not enough, of course, for Southerners to bravely endure the heat. No, we need to talk about it—specifically, we search for ever more colorful ways of describing the heat’s intensity.”
To view ‘The Most Popular Heat Expressions,’ visit: https://preply.com/en/blog/southern-sayings-about-the-heat/.
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There was a huge turnout for the first Bowie Mini Con hosted at the Bowie Library with Freakz & Geeks Saturday. Guests, many costumed as comic book and fantasy characters, took part in gaming tourneys, crafts and other activities. More photos in your mid-week Bowie News. (News photos by Barbara Green)
Are you hankering to solve a murder? Do you need a night out where someone else cooks? How about supporting local youth?
Well, you can do it all by attending the spring murder mystery dinner theater hosted by the Bowie Alliance for Education and the Arts on May 17 and 18.
Enjoy the show, “The Groom Has Gold Feet” by Martin A. Fallose. Travel back to the old west to the sleepy town of Pine Grove. There is definitely something afoot about the upcoming wedding for Miss Kayla Mae Blossom and Albert Webster, as well as some shady characters that are attached to the situation. Join with Sheriff Tickle and his posse to discover the intrigues, and truths to the situation.
Directed by April Word and a cast including Austin Alberts, Jennifer Collins, Jamie Fabel, Deagan Fabel, Sam Goad, Boyd Hulstine, Ashley Keyes, Lia Meier, Michelle Meier, Garyson Minyard, Stephanie Post, Adryana Torres, Brandon Stott, Melanie Stott and Corban Wolsey.
Each $25 ticket covers a barbecue meal and the show. Show times are 7 p.m. on May 17 and noon and 6 p.m. on May 18.
Performances and meals will be at the Freedom Life Church, 204 Theater Rd.
Purchase tickets at bowieallianceforeducationandthearts.com.
Nocona is gearing up for the 72nd annual Chisholm Trail Rodeo May 10-11 with lots of traditional rodeo events filling the bill.
Stock for the United Professional Rodeo Association Rodeo is provided by Champion Rodeo Company. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the gate. Children six and under get in free. Purchase them from any queen or princess or candidate, and at the city office before 4 p.m. Friday.
The association has been working on making repairs to the concrete bleachers but rain has delayed this project. Rock also is being laid in the parking lot and they hope to be finished with that before Friday.
There will be a rodeo parade at 3 p.m. on Saturday. Gates open nightly at 6 p.m. with the rodeo starting at 8 p.m. Sanctioned nightly events will feature bareback riding, saddle bronc, ranch bronc, bull riding, ladies barrel racing, tie-down roping, ladies breakaway roping, steer wrestling and team roping.
The non-sanctioned events are junior barrels for those ages 16 and under. There is $250 added each night with a jackpot nightly. Entry fee is $45. Call 940-841-2044. There will be mutton bustin’ nightly for children age 8 and under. Entry fee is $20 and buckles go to the winners.
A calf scramble nightly will be open for those age 8 and under and 9-12. Buckles to the winners.
Read the full story and meet the rodeo royal candidates in the mid-week Bowie News.
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