User:AryamanA/DC regionalisms

Some words I've heard in DC and tried to make sense of.

Slang

 * , (from )
 * , (seems to be common in Mid-Atlantic)
 * (also )
 * (in, not sure if DC-specific?)
 * (doesn't seem that common)
 * (DC people do it in a specific way, it starts like a horizontal high five but then you wrap your fingers with the other persons. I was terrible at this for pretty much the first year of living here (and not very great even now).)
 * (seems to be a youth thing)
 * (also )
 * (in, not sure if DC-specific?)
 * (doesn't seem that common)
 * (DC people do it in a specific way, it starts like a horizontal high five but then you wrap your fingers with the other persons. I was terrible at this for pretty much the first year of living here (and not very great even now).)
 * (seems to be a youth thing)
 * (doesn't seem that common)
 * (DC people do it in a specific way, it starts like a horizontal high five but then you wrap your fingers with the other persons. I was terrible at this for pretty much the first year of living here (and not very great even now).)
 * (seems to be a youth thing)
 * (seems to be a youth thing)

Mainstream yet regional terms

 * the Beltway
 * (used metonymically)

Interesting things

 * Older white people rhotacize? Especially in Northwest. Sort of Boston-ish.
 * "Maryland" and "Baltimore" are pronounced very differently from GenAm. Going to transcribe it in IPA one of these days.