Translating Pittsburghese

Sounds Like:	It Means:
Arn	Iron, as in Iron City
Ats	That's
Big Bird	Giant Eagle (local grocery store)
Jynt Igl	Giant Eagle (local grocery store)
Chipped ham	Ham (or any other meat for that matter) sliced paper-thin or shaved
Crick	Creek
Cubburd	Closet, cabinet (aka cupboard)
Da Burg	Pittsburgh
Dahntahn	Downtown
Gumbands	Rubber bands
Gutchies	Underwear (don't ask—we don't know)
Hoagie	Submarine sandwich
Jag off	A person who's a jerk
Jumbo	Bologna
Kennywood's Open!	Your fly is unzipped
Klondike	Ice cream treat that started here, at Isley's
Mon	Monongahela River
N'at	And that
Nebby	Overly curious, nosey
Pop	Soda
Redd up	Light cleaning
Sahside	South Side
Sammitches	Sandwiches
Sliberty	East Liberty (a neighborhood in Pittsburgh)
Slippy	Slippery
Spicket	Water tap or faucet
Stillers	Steelers
Stoop	Porch or front steps
Strip	A local area with shops, dance clubs, and restaurant known as The Strip District
Worsh	Wash
Yock	Youghiogheny River
Yinz	All of you

Carnegie Mellon's own Dr. Barbara Johnstone, Professor of Rhetoric and Linguistics in the English Dept, is a resident expert on speaking Pittsburghese. Try the advanced class!