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The Pittsburghese Verb List
| Axst | Asked. He axst (asked) for a jumbo sammitch. (Submitted by Sally Aglio, Mon Valley) |
| Baw-win | To cry hysterically. When I watched dat movie ‘Beachez’ I couldn’t stop baw-win. |
| Be-haven | Type of good behavior. Awlright yinz kids better be be-haven yourselves down there |
| Blitzen | To pout, silently, away from others. He’s dahn in da cellar blitzen. |
| Blizzerding | Blizzard. Snowing so hard during windy conditions that you can’t see out the window |
| Blowdup | Broke. My toaster blowdup |
| Brung | Brought. He brung a cat in the house. |
| Cattin Uround | To flirt around when already committed to someone. Eh Bill, can’buleev my ol lady was cattin uround on me, you buleev dat? |
| Clumb | Climed. I clumb over the fence. |
| Come | Came. So I come outta Three Rivers, and ‘eres a bum axin me fer money! |
| Conjagate | Think. Shadd’up! I’m tryin’ to conjagate! |
| Deer spottin’ | Driving through Penna game lands at night shining a spot light on deer.. Let’s take the Jimmy deer spottin’. |
| Dethaw | Defrost. I have to dethaw the chicken. You can say unthaw too |
| Dickerin’ | To bargain. I’ve been dickerin’ with that salesman for an hour |
| Dip-up | To put dinner on the table. I’m going to dip-up dinner…get ready to eat. |
| Ditched | Ran away from. Steve was a jag off, so we ditched him |
| Divvy up | To divide or separate. Divvy up the candy so yinz all can have some. |
| Drug | Past tense of drag. I went to a bar and drug this guy home with me. |
| Et | Ate. We et like pigs at the picnic. |
| Feeschun | Fishing. Gitcher pole an go feeschun danat da Mon |
| Fell | Fail. He felled the test. |
| Fig-gurd | Figured. |
| Ford | Forward. The next person that sends me a ford, I’ll hafta keel |
| Gall-a-vant | To ride around all day, for no good reason. Usually associated with shoppin’ n’ nat. “Where yinz been, yuz been gall-a-vantin’ for hours?” |
| Getda | Get to. Yinz getda wurk |
| Git | Get. Git that dog aht of here |
| Goink | Going. Hey, are yinz two goink to eat doze klahndikes der er what? |
| Gopher | Go for. Let’s gopher a walk. |
| Got Fives | Reserve this. I got fives on dat dere seat! |
| Gowen | Going. Yinz gowin dahntahn to tree rivers to see da buckcoos play? |
| Greeze | Grease. Bedder greeze the car ‘cuz we gotta drive all daway tah Altoona. |
| Hawkin’ | Selling. Hay Mr. Iris, why are ya hawkin’ clothes at Pants N’at?… What’s up wit dat? |
| He goes/I go | He said/I said. He goes “Hey, are yinz guys go’n to the mall?” and I go “Yah, yan-to go too?” |
| Higher | Raise, increase. I am goi’n to call Dollar Bank to see if they will higher my ATM limit |
| Hook | To steal. Hey, which one of yous s.o.b.s hooked my arn when I was in da jon? |
| Howin | Howling; laughing. I was howin at that Pittsburghese web page. In its simplest form: “What a how.” |
| Hunnert | The number after 99. |
| Hunt-up | To look for, search. It’s gettin cold aht, yinz better hunt-up yer mittens. |
| Huntin | Looking for something. I am going to the mall to hunt an umbrella. |
| Intendo | Nintendo. Yinz bitter stop playin’ that Intendo so much or yinz’ll ga blind.) |
| Jaggin | To bother or annoy. Quit jaggin me! |
| Juke | Flinch. Scaredja, two fer juken |
| Juke | Duck. If the batter hits the ball at your head , you gotta juke |
| Keeled | Killed. Did yinz hear baht dat guy gitten keeled inis car lassnite. |
| Kenya | Can you. Also a country in Africa or maybe Ohio. “Kenya get me an arn, buddy?” |
| Keppum | Kept them. I took my ahns an keppum cool in a pail of wuddar. |
| Kook | Cook. I hafta get tada haus an kook a mil. |
| Lagahn | Log on. I coudn lagahn to ‘merican ahnline coz their nummers aways bizzy |
| Leave | Let. Leave go of the bat before yinz run ta first base. |
| Left | Let. My boss left me leave early. |
| Liftin’ | To put a meal on the table. I’ll be liftin dinner at 5 or “I can’t talk right now, I’m liftin dinner.” |
| Loaf | To hang out. I used to loaf dahn at Yesterday’s n’at. |
| Looky | Look at this. Looky, there’s a Gian’Iggle dahn’a street |
| Member | Remember. Member last summer, we went to Kennywood? |
| Needs | Simplifies needs to be. Da gutter needs fixed. |
| Notche | To touch something dirty, (i.e. an animal) OR to make something dirty. Yer gonna hafta wash yer hans after notchin’ the cat. OR I just cleanedawindas, don’t get em all notched up. |
| Ooglin’ | Staring. We was all ooglin over one a ‘dem dahntahn babooshka mamas. |
| Outen | To turn off. Outen the light before you go to sleep |
| Pick up | Clean. Pick up your room. Township) |
| Pinch | To be given a citation by a police officer. A cop pinched me for goin’ 60 on the Boulevard of the Uhlies (Submitted by Jim Owston, Beckley, WV) |
| Plinkin’ | Shooting at random objects with a rifle – often while walking through the woods or a junkyard.. Let’s go plinkin’ up in tha junkyard. (Submitted by Mark, Akron) |
| Plog/plogged | Clogged. This refers to the reason your stationary tub overflows on the celler floor. “Yinz better watch aht, da stationary tub’s plogged up and its leakin all over da cellr floor.” My father-in-law gets a lot of abuse about saying this one a lot. (Submitted by Brian Jefferds, Kaiserslautern, Germany) |
| Poosh | Push. Would you poosh my car off the road? (Submitted by M. Bristor,, Washington, PA) |
| Press off | Iron clothes. Lemme press off that shirt before you put it on. (Submitted by Rachel , Uniontown) |
| Rasslin | Wrestling. Yinz stop rasslin back dere! (Submitted by Michael Friedman, Shadyside) |
| Redd off | Clear off. Redd off the table (Submitted by Rich Kier, Lompoc, CA) |
| Redd up | To tidy up. Hey, quit jaggin around and redd up this room! (Submitted by Everyone, every corner of the free world.) |
| Rinch | Rinse. I gotsta rinch my hair now that it’s been worshed. (Submitted by Elaine Murphy, North Side) |
| Rode | To take a passenger. Jimmy rode me to the AnP in his cahr. (Submitted by Wayne Wright, Huntsville, AL) |
| Roont, or Rooned | Ruin, and its variations. (Submitted by Monika, Germantown, MD) |
| Root’n | Searching, Looking. Whadda Ya Root’n Around Fer? (Submitted by Liz, Aliquippa) |
| Rutch (Rhymes with butch) | To squirm. Yinz quitcher rutchin’ around backair! Often heard by children riding in the backseat. (Submitted by Dave Wertz, Alamogordo, NM) |
| Says | Said. So I says to him, yinz wanna go dahn Primanti’s n’at? (Submitted by Brendan Sherry, Blacksburg, VA ) |
| Scooch | Move over. Hey, scooch your hiney over and lemee sit dahn! (Submitted by Rose Trunzo, Charleroi) |
| Scootch | Move. Scootch over, wouldja? (Submitted by Lynne Ragazzini, Arlington, VA) |
| Scroonrahnd | Screwing around. He was scroonrahnd wit my ol’ lady (Submitted by Matt, Norside Pittsburgh) |
| Seen | Saw. I seen the plane was in trouble just before it busted up. (Submitted by Candy Miller, Coudersport, PA) |
| Sepert | Separate. Sepert yer clothes so I can worsh ’em. (Submitted by Darren Gailey, Johnstown) |
| Sharn | Taking a shower. E cain’t come aht air right now, he’z sharn. (Submitted by Martin W. Kalish, Jackson, MI) |
| Shinny | Climb. Shinny up dat telephone pole and untangle my kite. (Submitted by Keith Mikesell, Alvin, TX) |
| Skive | To be takin advantage of. That jagoff from Dallas en at skived me for the parkin spot duhn at 3 rivers. (Submitted by Steve Graf, Dorseyville) |
| Skwillin | Squealing. I took da car dahnna shop, cawz the brakes wur skwillin. (Submitted by Matthew Wood, Cambridge, MA) |
| Slepin | Overslept. Sorry I’m late, I must’ve slepin. (Submitted by Mark Sekelick, Napa, CA) |
| Smahl | Smile. Opposite of frown. “Smahl good now, I wanna take yer pitcher.” (Submitted by Rick Wentley, West Palm Beach, FL) |
| Smutz | To kiss. Any sloppy drooling, as in “Da dog is smutzin’ up my clean winda” or “Yer smutzin’ all over that sammitch.” Or my favorite from my Grandma, “C’mere and give me a big smutz.” (Submitted by Rhondalee Rohleder, Cave Creek, AZ) |
| Soap Powder | Laundry Detergent. For some reason people West of Pa. haven’t heard of this term. (Submitted by Jeff Smith, Columbus, OH) |
| Sperled | Spoiled. “Nah look whut ya done! Ya sperled the whole thin’! (Submitted by Heather Brannen, Pittsburgh) |
| Sprag or Spragg | To use your feet as a brake. Stop spraggin’ yer feet. (Submitted by Jim Owston, Beckley, WV) |
| Sprankle | Sprain. Youz keep wearin’ m high hills n’at youz’ll spankle your ankle. (Submitted by Amy Vehar Yarnot, Bethel Park, PA) |
| Spunt | Spent. We spunt alls the money on Stillers tickets. (Submitted by Grant Lindsay, Pittsburgh, PA) |
| Squarsh | To squish or mash. Hay Hon, come ‘ere and squarsh this daddylongleg! (Submitted by Jennifer Kunz, Los Angeles, CA) |
| Steer | Stir. Not to be confused with what you do to your car; “Gimme dat strahw so’s I kin steer my coffee.” (Submitted by Ray Orkwis, Arlington, VA) |
| Stoled | Stolen. Hey, you stoled all my jumbo! (Submitted by Fred Mullner, Butler, PA) |
| Stop up | Come over. I told ‘dem guys to stop up! (Submitted by Byron Shindler, Houston, TX) |
| Stramp | Step on. Be careful not to stramp on the cat. (Submitted by Teddy Antoon, Hopwood, PA) |
| Throwed | Threw. Didya see him throwed that ball? (Submitted by Linda Marple, Moon Township) |
| Tooken | Taken, stolen, removed. Hey I need to call the police. my purse was tooken! (Submitted by Jen , The Burgh) |
| Tramp | Step. Don’t tramp on at lit cigret with your bare feet. (Submitted by Vivian Corr, Los Angeles, CA) |
| Unloosen | To make something loose. Can you unloosen da lid for me? (Submitted by Dave Dee, Seabrook, MD) |
| Unthaw | Defrost. Take the chicken outa da freezer so’s it can unthaw. (Submitted by Gloria Laugherty, Connellsville) |
| Videoin | Video Taping. Are yinz gonna be videoin the Stiller game? (Submitted by Chad M. Burnheimer, Fayetteville, NC) |
| Wants | Wants to be. He wants taken seriously. (Submitted by Laura Mesner, Nashville, TN) |
| Wisht | Wished. I rilly wisht he’d worsh himself once in a while. (Submitted by D. McCormick, Dormont) |
| Worsh | Wash. I gotta worsh my car. (Submitted by Chuck Ross, Bloomsburg, PA) |
| Worsht | Washed. My car needs worsht. (Submitted by Leslie Bush, Youngstown, OH) |
| Wrenched | Twisted. I wrenched my foot dahntahn. (Submitted by Jim Nazaruk, Butler, PA) |
| Wrinch | Rinse. After I worsh my hair I wrinch the soap aht of it. (Submitted by Jim Park, Pittsburgh) |
| Wuhn cha | Wouldn’t you. Wuhn cha rather by an arn? (Submitted by Allison Black, Okinawa, Japan) |
| Yak, Yakked, Yakkin | To Talk, speak. My old lady wuz yakkin on da phone all nite n’at. (Submitted by Rachel & Michael Mohr, North Hills) |
| Yar | You Are. Tell me where yar goin to party tonight! (Submitted by D. Krucik, Monongahela) |
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