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noun
Anything characteristic of the southern part of a region, especially the southern United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A word or phrase (a dialectism) from Southern American English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rhetoric, uncountable
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noun
an attitude characteristic of Southerners (especially in the US)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: attitude, mental attitude
noun
a locution or pronunciation peculiar to the southern United States
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: saying, expression, locution
History
From southern + -ism.
