Let’s have some fun, fellow Pittsburghers! Every city has its own lingo, right? But, Pittsburgh? We have our own language and even our own dictionary. Whether you’ve lived here your entire life or just moved here, you eventually become fluent in Pittsburghese. Here are just 12 things that only Pittsburghers say.
Disclaimer: Pittsburghese is vast enough to fill an entire dictionary, so this is really only just scratching the surface. Share your favorite Pittsburghese below and maybe we’ll add a part two of this list.
- Stop being such a jagoff.
Flickr/Dan Buczynski We’ve all called someone a jagoff (and maybe we’ve even been called it once or twice ourselves) but it’s usually for good reason, right? Like the driver in the photo above who clearly parked in a no-parking zone. What a jagoff.
- Redd up your room.
Flickr/ElCapitanBSC Who among us has not been yelled at - by an exasperated parent - to redd up our sloppy room? We’ve all been there. And, yes, we may also have grown up to become that exasperated parent who first kindly asks then eventually shouts at our kids to “redd up your room!”
- The roads are slippy.
Flickr/David Fulmer Careful out there on snowy winter days. The roads get slippy and your car might spin out of control. Or, you might fall flat on your face while walking down a slippy sidewalk.
- We’re going dahnthan.
Flickr/Scott C’mon now. Who doesn’t think that dahnthan Pittsburgh is one of the most beautiful downtowns in all of the United States?
- Kennywood’s open.
Flickr/Annika You’ll only get the reference if you’re from Pittsburgh. Out-of-towners? Well, they might just give you a funny or a quizzical look if you use that phrase out of the blue.
- It’s going to be a whole nother month til the bridge opens.
Flickr/Andreanna Moya We might as well just replace the term summer with construction season. Every construction season, we must wait a whole nother few months to get back to our normal traveling routes.
- Weren’t yinz apost to go to the game this weekend?
Flickr/Connor Kinner Two for one in this one! All Pittsburghers say yinz. No matter where you go or in what profession you belong. After all, aren’t you apost (supposed to) say yinz when referring to more than one person?
- J’eet yet?
Flickr/jpellgen Well…did you? If not, Primanti Brothers sounds pretty good. Or how about some chipped chopped ham? A hoagie?
- I’m going to stop at Jine Iggle.
Flickr/Random Retail It’s where many of us go grocery shopping. And, if you don’t know what Jine Iggle is, you’ve never wandered the ever-changing aisles at Giant Eagle.
- We went to the movies n’at.
Flickr/C.C. Chapman Sometimes we don’t feel like elaborating on a topic n’at.
- Get aht!
Flickr/Or Reshef She said what? Get aht! Get aht - get out - is the phrase we use when we want to express surprise or even dismay.
- How’s come?
Flickr/Mark Giles You didn’t redd up your room. How’s come? And, you might have heard your grandparents use huss come, another variation of how’s come.
Okay, fellow yinzers, what are some of your favorite phrases and words that only Pittsburghers say? Share below!
Flickr/Dan Buczynski
We’ve all called someone a jagoff (and maybe we’ve even been called it once or twice ourselves) but it’s usually for good reason, right? Like the driver in the photo above who clearly parked in a no-parking zone. What a jagoff.
Flickr/ElCapitanBSC
Who among us has not been yelled at - by an exasperated parent - to redd up our sloppy room? We’ve all been there. And, yes, we may also have grown up to become that exasperated parent who first kindly asks then eventually shouts at our kids to “redd up your room!”
Flickr/David Fulmer
Careful out there on snowy winter days. The roads get slippy and your car might spin out of control. Or, you might fall flat on your face while walking down a slippy sidewalk.
Flickr/Scott
C’mon now. Who doesn’t think that dahnthan Pittsburgh is one of the most beautiful downtowns in all of the United States?
Flickr/Annika
You’ll only get the reference if you’re from Pittsburgh. Out-of-towners? Well, they might just give you a funny or a quizzical look if you use that phrase out of the blue.
Flickr/Andreanna Moya
We might as well just replace the term summer with construction season. Every construction season, we must wait a whole nother few months to get back to our normal traveling routes.
Flickr/Connor Kinner
Two for one in this one! All Pittsburghers say yinz. No matter where you go or in what profession you belong. After all, aren’t you apost (supposed to) say yinz when referring to more than one person?
Flickr/jpellgen
Well…did you? If not, Primanti Brothers sounds pretty good. Or how about some chipped chopped ham? A hoagie?
Flickr/Random Retail
It’s where many of us go grocery shopping. And, if you don’t know what Jine Iggle is, you’ve never wandered the ever-changing aisles at Giant Eagle.
Flickr/C.C. Chapman
Sometimes we don’t feel like elaborating on a topic n’at.
Flickr/Or Reshef
She said what? Get aht! Get aht - get out - is the phrase we use when we want to express surprise or even dismay.
Flickr/Mark Giles
You didn’t redd up your room. How’s come? And, you might have heard your grandparents use huss come, another variation of how’s come.
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