Apparently a figurative extension of Early Scots junt (“joint”), Middle English joynt, junte (“joint (of the body, where the bones meet)”), perhaps influenced by junk. Compare jawn.
: large amount : chunk.
I had no idea “junt” was a Memphis word until I moved out of Memphis after 23 years and I miss it. It's been 10 years since I left. “Junt” and calling an Arnold Palmer a “VIP” are two words I just had no idea I would never hear again when I left Memphis.
The only known use of the noun junt is in the early 1600s. OED's only evidence for junt is from 1608, in the writing of Thomas Middleton, playwright. junt is apparently a borrowing from Italian. Etymons: Italian giunta.
MEMPHIS slang words: HAM, WHATS UP WITHCA ''GUY'', LOST IN THE SAUCE, SAY BRUH,YA HERE ME,ETC.
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Good old is like, tried and true, reliable. Good ol Larry is a Larry who always come through.
In its earliest attested use (1756), the word slang referred to the vocabulary of "low" or "disreputable" people.
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Memphian in American English
3. a native or resident of Memphis, Tennessee.
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Lag gaye
That's when you would say lag gaye. It basically means, “We are so screwed.”
whack or wack means something bad and also to attack someone.
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“Slay" is a slang term used to describe someone who has done so exceptionally well that they killed it, hence “slay.”
noun A large piece; a chunk. noun A squaf clumsy person.
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to flirt with or make sexual advances toward someone (often followed by on ): They spend their nights macking on the ladies.
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Bussin' Bussin' means really good.