Regionalisms

[geardaddy]

Has anyone here heard the term "bacon strips" for "skid marks"?

My g/f calls 'em that. We're from the same state, but I had never heard that phrase before I met her.

:shrug:

[Lil Missy]

1. I predict this thread will not go well.

:popcorn:

[geardaddy]

3. I know.

:D

But it really is a linguistic survey. :rofl:

[mainegreen]

2. 'bacon strips'?

?

[geardaddy]

4. Yeah, I know. Weird, right?

But it makes sense when you think about it.

[Seeking Serenity]

5. Here, if you have something that's just OK,

not great, not terrible, but had been hyped as something better than it turned out to be, we would say that it "wasn't all that and a bag of chips."

Or in referring to someone with an over-inflated view of himself, we'd say, "He thinks he's all that and a bag of chips."

Any other region use that phrase?

[geardaddy]

8. Yeah, I've heard that before

[Lyric]

9. I've heard that.

Both here (WV) and in Virginia.

[Jamastiene]

6. Nope, never heard them called that.

Just skid marks.

[geardaddy]

7. But it's quite descriptive, dontcha think?

:D