The Wisconsin Dictionary

BORN IN A BARN?: A sarcastic question which usually means you left the door open.

BUBBLER: To the rest of the world outside Wisconsin's borders, it is known as a drinking fountain.

BUDGE: To merge without permission; cut in; as in "Don't you budge in line for a brat, I was here first!"

CHEDDERHEAD: Someone from Wisconsin.

CHEESE CURD: Small pieces of fresh cheese that squeak when you bite into them.

COUPLE-TWO-TREE: More than one; as in "Delmer and I drank a couple-two-tree sodas."

DAVENPORT: What your mom called the sofa; a couch.

FAIR-TA-MIDDLIN: Not bad or great, just "O.K."

FISH FRY: A Friday night dining ritual in Wisconsin.

HOWS-BY-YOU?: A greeting; the same as, "How's everything?"

HUMDINGER: A beauty; as in "dat croppy youse caught up-nort is a real humdinger."

JOHN DEERE: A Cheddarhead's other vehicle.

M'WAKEE: Wisconsin's largest city; located just down the lake from Triversand Mantwoc.

N-SO?: A word inserted at the end of a statement; (sometimes pronounced as AIN-SO) used as a substitute for "isn't that right?" or "correct?"

PERT-NEER; (sometimes pronounced "PRET-NEAR": in close proximity; just about.

POLKA: The national dance of Wisconsin

SKEETER: Wisconsin state bird.

STOP-AND-GO LIGHTS: what everyone else refers to as traffic signals.

UP-SIDE-RIGHT: Right side up.