“Your bum is out the window”
collected: Pittsburgh, Point State Park (9-18-14)
origin: common saying from Glasgow, Scotland
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“Your teeth are like stars, they come out at night”
collected: Pittsburgh, Lawrenceville neighborhood (9-18-14)
origin: unknown – has known and used it for a long time, particularly when people get new teeth
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“Your mom’s hair is so short, she rolls it with rice”
collected: Pittsburgh, Bloomfield neighborhood (9-18-14)
origin: he thinks he made it out a long time ago
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“Your mama’s so broke, when I came into your house and dropped a cigarette butt, the roaches came out screaming, “Heat! Heat! We got heat!””
collected: Pittsburgh, Bloomfield neighborhood (9-18-14)
origin: heard it from her mom’s boyfriend, in the Homestead neighborhood of Pittsburgh (circa 2013)
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“I knew them when they didn’t have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of”
collected: Pittsburgh, Bloomfield neighborhood (9-18-14)
origin: Irish saying
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“You think your shit don’t stink, but your farts give you away”
collected: Pittsburgh, Bloomfield neighborhood (9-18-14)
origin: from her father, of German heritage, who lived in the Bloomfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh
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“You’re so old, you’re an hysterical landmark”
collected: Pittsburgh, Bloomfield neighborhood (9-18-14)
origin: made it up, in Pittsburgh, originally used to describe an old house
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“You have the features of an actor. I think I saw you in a movie. you’re that giant pile of shit in Jurassic Park.”
collected: Pittsburgh, Polish Hill neighborhood (9-17-14)
origin: unknown – told to him by his friend Ezra in New Albany, Indiana (circa 1996)
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“Your dad is so stupid, he married your mom”
collected: Pittsburgh, Polish Hill neighborhood (9-17-14)
origin: unknown – possibly made it up
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“She’s so fat she tried to sneak out of the house and the whole world knew”
collected: Pittsburgh, Polish Hill neighborhood (9-17-14)
origin: remembers them from school, likely between grades 5-7, New Martinsville, West Virginia