Forget that Roget fella--here in Texas we're more apt to consult Bubba's thesaurus. In Texas, folks aren't just rich--locals say they didn't come to town two to a mule.

Someone doesn't merely die--she opens herself up a worm farm. A scoundrel is "greasy as fried lard"; a summer day is "hotter than a fur coat in Marfa." In "More Texas Sayings Than You Can Shake a Stick At," Anne Dingus compiled a list of 662 regional expressions, categorized from "Acceptable" to "Young." Readers adored them. Urban and rural, young and old, male and female, they responded by the score, contributing hundreds more. She eventually amassed 1,404 for a book of the same title. If you're a politician seeking constituent appeal, an expatriate who enjoys strutting your Texas stuff, or a conversationalist with a good sense of humor, you owe it to yourself and your listeners to help keep these Texas nuggets alive. But, hey--we're wasting time--or, burning daylight: let's get right down to the lick-log, with a few examples of how to talk Texan.

Click on the words below for their Texas-style equivalents.

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