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“That slaps.”
I love regional words. They are so interesting.
Some from Pennsylvania:
Drag cord: extension cord
Red up: clean up/ready up
Sweeper: vacuum cleaner
And some Alt grammar: “needs washed” or “needs fixed” they just leave out the infinitive for all manner of things.
I’ve lived in OK my whole life and I’ve never heard that.
In Australia we use “scrumdiddlydumtious” almost daily
In Britain they used to say, ” Smashin’ “, which is Scottish Gaelic (Gaìdhlig) ” ‘S math sin ” (It’s good, that).