29 Funny Examples of Local Slang
What the heck is a holler?
If you heard someone say, “The odds are good, but the goods are odd,” what would that mean to you? For Alaskans, it’s a phrase that refers to the amount of strange or eccentric people you’ll meet in pursuit of romance. Given the bizarre choice of words, I have no doubt that the Alaskan people live up to the proverb.
To that end, a number of Redditors have shared the local slang or turns-of-phrase that either mean nothing or something entirely different to outsiders, including one about a monkey that I think we should use in every part of the world.