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There are 3 comments on Mastering Boston Slang

  1. A wicked good video, but some explanations for a few of the words mentioned in the beginning were left out.
    Packie = Package Store, i.e. a Liquor Store
    Frappe = A milkshake everywhere else in the country
    Some more …
    The Pike = The Massachusetts Turnpike (i.e. I-90)
    The Expressway = The section of I-93 south of Boston, or the Distressway
    Sub = submarine sandwich, grinder, hoagie
    The B’s = Boston Bruins
    The C’s (or the Celts) = Boston Celtics
    The Sox = The Boston Red Sox
    The Pat’s = The New England Patriots
    GOAT = Tom Brady

    Welcome to Bawstin!

  2. I finally got around to watching this video. Well-done. I’m originally from Rhode Island so knew most of these expressions. I remember coming to Boston as an undergrad at Northeastern and asking a server for a “cabinet.” Unsure of what I was requesting, she pointed to an actual wooden cabinet on the wall. In RI, a “cabinet” is a milkshake.

    Norm Thibeault
    Announcer
    WBUR
    Boston’s NPR News Station

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