
LETS HAVE SOME FUN WITH MONTANA SLANG. WHAT IS A CHICKEN FOOT?
Each state has its own slang and Montana is no exception. And Montana has some real good ones.
A reference to back east means anything east of the American plains states.
Brookie: Brook Trout
Can Openers: Spurs
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A buck 98: means expensive in Montana
Cowboy up: Suck it up
Cow Cop: BLM Worker
Apple picker: A Washington state resident
Chicken foot: a fork in the road
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Montanans have several slang words for children. Like, Ankle Biters, Curtain Crawlers, Fuzz Pickers and Free Ranch Hands.
Fish Cop: Game Warden
Chewing Gravel: Got bucked off a horse
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Montana Shoeshine: this is what you get after you step in a pile of cow crap
Jockey Box is a phrase for a glove compartment
I love this one. Montanada is the border between Montana and Canada.
Outfit is often used to describe a pick-up truck in Montana.
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Sheep are known as prairie maggots in Montana.
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mosquitoes in Montana are sometimes called B-52s.
Cows are often called slow elk
Sluffing is the Montana word for a rock slide
A spud muncher is someone from Idaho
A spread is what you call a ranch in Montana
Tree Cop is a member of the U.S. forest service
A muley is a mule deer
A hammer head in Montana is a bad horse
High centered is often a term used for a drunk in Montana
Gumbo is Montana slang for a mud bog.
In Montana a creek is called a crick and don't you forget it.
Caboodle translates to a full amount
Those are just some of the many slang terms from Montana.
And don't forget that Kevin is pronounced KEEVIN in Montana.
If you have some you would like to share just write me at: pat.frisch@townsquaremedia.com
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