Contents 1 A list of The Andy Griffith Show and Spin-Off Series Terminology 1.1 A 1.2 B 1.3 C 1.4 D 1.5 E 1.6 F 1.7 G 1.8 H 1.9 K 1.10 M 1.11 N 1.12 O 1.13 P 1.14 R 1.15 S 1.16 T 1.17 W 1.18 Y 2 Comments

A list of The Andy Griffith Show and Spin-Off Series TerminologyEdit

AEdit

• Act like somebody: act good, behave.
• A-braggin': bragging
• A-tall: At all
• A-piling up: gathering a lot

BEdit

• Back off: a long time ago
• Banger: banjo

CEdit

• Caterwauling: long wailing cries, as cats in rutting time.
• Clankered Up: Locked in jail
• Cleaning-ist: cleanest
• Clear as crystal: very clear

DEdit

• Diddly boo: money
• Diversifyin': Reducing risk by investing in a variety of assets
• Doohickey(s): thing
• Downright: totally

EEdit

• Englishster: Ernest T. Bass' term for a British man

FEdit

• Fair to Middlin': Doing pretty good
• Falsifyin': lying
• Fellas: Men
• Flapping you lip: Speaking out of turn
• Fell Off: Lost a lot of weight

GEdit

• Gassed: Drunk
• Good sized cramp: debt

HEdit

• Heavy-up: raise
• Hick: country
• Hickville: a small town
• Highfalutin': fancy
• High-old time: good time

KEdit

• Kin: family

MEdit

• Mighty: very
• Mollycoddling: Treat (someone) very indulgently or protectively.
• Mosein' along: moving along
• Motorcicle: Motorcycle
• Much obliged: thank you

NEdit

• Nave: Barney's way of saying "Naive", Naive meaning to be gullible.
• Naw: No
• Nip It in the Bud: stop some behavior or event from continuing

OEdit

• Old country: England

PEdit

• Passed on: died
• Paw: Pa, Father
• Peach of an idea: very good idea
• Pikers: A cheap person
• Plumb decent:
• Preachin' : to go to church
• Pretty Penny: expensive

REdit

• Reckon: "I suppose."
• Riled up: To stir up
• Rip-Snorther: A good time
• Roll: a large amount of money
• Rotten apples: mean, ornery people
• Rubes: hick, country
• Running with: dating someone

SEdit

• Samoyas: The term is "semolians," a slang term for cash.
• Set of threads: suit
• Shazam: An expression Gomer uses when surprised or shocked.
• Simmer down: calm down
• Smith Brothers institution: The Smithsonian
• Snoot full: being drunk
• Spattin': arguing
• Some smart: brilliance
• Stow it: be quiet, shut up
• Sun up: when the sun rises

TEdit

• Talking ugly: using swear words
• Twang box: Brisco Darling's way of saying "guitar"
• 'Tween: between

WEdit

• What-cha: What are you? or possibly asking what a person is "up-to"?

YEdit

• Yappin': talking
• Yonder: A distance away