When ever my mom saw us talking to guys when I was younger especially when she thought we were doing something we shouldn't be doing. She always said;
"You or Y'all bout hot as K9 pepper".
We asked what it meant a couple times and if she was sure, it's not suppose to be Cayenne instead of K9 lol as far as she was concerned it was K9. Till this day we still don't know what she meant, a dog in heat maybebut where does the pepper come from. No matter what the situation was we always got a kick out of it lol.
Of course the infamous "I brought you into this world and I'll take you out" and she tried quite a few times.
"I don't mess with old men,.. they give you worms" from my moms best friend who would be called a Cougar these days.
"Pit dat deh right deh ova deh"
Oh,.. my gran daddy frustrated me so with that one. Because he never named the item and some times he didn't even point to it. I just knew there was something I had to move,.. but what and where to put it.
When something was high or too high for them;
"that's higher than a giraffes coochie"
In memory of them and that quote some times my sister says things like;
"My pockets are tighter than a ants coochie"
There's so many.
"You ain't got nothing to be crying for, so shut up before I give you a reason to cry"
"You couldn't bust a grape"
When questioning some ones sexuality, man that looks like a woman or woman that looks like a man.
Me: "Daddy is that a man or a woman?"
My Daddy: "Mmm hmm yes it is"
"Don't make me or You won't me to yolk you".
Some of these I still use![]()