I mention Pittsburgh a lot here on my blog. I want to teach everyone some of the Pittsburgh language also known as Pittsburghese.
Yes, Pittsburgh has its own language! We even have t-shirts boasting our interesting sayings.
Without further ado, here are just a few of my favorite Pittsburghese words and phrases:
Apost tu = Supposed to. “You’re apost tu love snow if you live in Pittsburgh.”
Ahr = Hour. “The game starts in an ahr.”
Babushka = Scarf worn on head. “Wear your Babushka, it’s cold out.”
Big Ben = Ben Roethlisberger, Steelers Quarterback. “Big Ben got sacked.”
Buggy = Shopping Cart. “Get a buggy for your groceries.”
Choobinuptoo = What have you been up to. “Choobinuptoo lately?”
Chipped Ham =Very thinly sliced ham. “I bought a pound of chipped ham at the store.”
Dahntahn = Downtown. “Lets go dahntahn tonight.”
Der = There. “The remote’s over der.”
Dupa = Butt. “I’m gunna spank your dupa.”
Gumband = Rubber band. “My gumband snapped.”
Hoagie = Large sandwich or sub. “Lets get hoagies for lunch.”
Jeet? = Did you eat? “Jeet yet?”
Jynt Igel = Giant Eagle grocery store. “I bought pop at Jynt Igel”
Kennywood’s open = Your fly is undone. “Dude, kennywood’s open.”
N’at = And that. “Goin to watch Stillers game n’at.”
Needs = Needs to be. “My hair needs cut.”
Pop = carbonated beverage. “Do you have any pop in the fridge?”
Nebby =Nosy or curious. “Yinz are just bein nebby and gossiping.”
Raadiator =Radiator. “Can you fix my raadiator?”
Sahside = Southside, an area in Pittsburgh. “She lives near the Sahside.”
Sammitch = Sandwich. “I ate a chipped ham sammitch for lunch.”
Slippy = Slippery. “Watch out, it’s slippy.”
Spicket = Outdoor faucet. “Turn off the spicket or the yard will flood.”
Stillers = Pittsburgh Steelers. “The Stillers play tonight.”
The Burgh = Pittsburgh. “He’s coming to visit The Burgh.”
Uge = Huge. “Dat hoagie is uge!”
Worsh =Wash. “Make sure you worsh your babushka.”
Yer = You are. “Yer crazy if you don’t love the Stillers.”
Yinz = You guys are. “Yinz are a cute couple.”
Hope yinz enjoyed it! I’m off to school and then work 5-10 tonight.
Living My Full Life 
Oh Pittsburghese! I get made fun of for using sammich and nebby!
Did you know there’s a cafe near the children’s hospital called J’eet?
Bahaa. There are some people from NY that use some of these too. I love it-we are country hillybilly hicks in upstate NY. I doubt you knew that existent. I kind of just make up my own words/phrases to make up with it such as thebomb.com and awesomesauce ha. I would loveeee for a vlog!
hahaha LOVE this post!
DO A VLOG 🙂
Hahaha I love this! You should totally do a vlog. I heard people say a few of these in Boston… I’m sure Boston has it’s own language too! I don’t think we have any special sayings here, besides horse lingo.
ahahah this is so funny! I am not from your area… but really enjoyed reading this!
Hahaha, I love the dialects from different places!!
haha oh my – I had no idea!!!
Ha! I’ve never heard about Pittburghese before! Now I can be prepared in case I run into anyone from there in the near future! 🙂
Sounds like a very cool race, and very worthy cause. Congrats to you and your sister on the wins, and no self-deprecation – you’re time is awesome!!
aw man this post really helps. A LOT. but what throws me everytime is how yinz guys pronounce carnegie. it’s car-na-gee not car-naY-gee. lol. you guys (as in pittsburgher’s) definitely have it wrong not me =)
by the way, i am running the pittsburgh 5k on saturday may 14th. i keep looking at the ohiopyle 50k race can’t think of what it’s called off the top of my head but it’s in june but i haven’t been trail running since july (eek) and don’t know if i could pull off a 50k… a girl can day dream.
i kinda LOVE this post. i never knew you guys spoke with such slang!
haha love it!!! I wish my town had its only language!
I vote for a vlog!
Hi Allie! I LOVE this post. It’s so interesting! I’ve only lived in California so what I know about America is pretty much from my experience in living here. I know…California doesn’t represent much of the US. So I like coming to here and learn about different part of culture and people in the US!
Oh my gosh this cracked me up! I shared it with a friend. Thank u for the morning laugh!
How do I get a t-shirt and poster like you have above? I want them!
Check out this website for the shirt: http://www.shirtsnat.com/definitionsgold.html
Check out this website for the poster: http://www.myfreshfactory.com/pittsburghese-poster.html
Enjoy!
You’re awesome!
I want to buy some of these shirts as gifts for friends in Denmark
I’m sure your friends would love them! If you need help finding some shirts, let me know!
-Allie