southernism

IPA: sˈʌðɝnɪzʌm

Anything characteristic of the southern part of a region, especially the southern United States.
A word or phrase (a dialectism) from Southern American English.

Examples of "southernism" in Sentences

Is that just some residual southernism from myyouth?
Is that just some residual southernism from myyouth? pronounce_the_h:
I wanted to use some sort of southernism in place of “much” but I couldn’t think of how to phrase it properly.
Seriously, even dyed in the wool backwoods Carolina mountain people republicans are starting see that this dog don't hunt, this coon don't kill, this fart don't stink nice, this (insert random southernism).
There are a number of photographs of me in my early years, and I was so cute that it is almost Hitler-Jungen creepy: fair-skinned, hair so light that it typically earned the southernism "cotton-top," bright, attentive eyes and a winning smile.