I have some theories as to the etymology of two popular slang words: Boo, meaning “paramour”, “darling(noun)” or “beloved one”, comes from “beaux”, a Southern word for a gentleman caller.Finna, which in places such as the South, Chicago, etc. means “about to”, as in I’m finna get me some Harold’s Chicken, is derivative of “fixing [...]

I’ve been a bad, bad girl…… This was a weekend for the books, kids. Books that would be outlawed south of the Mason Dixon line, that is. I did some stuff that walks that delicate line between “I’m proud!” and “I’m so ashamed”. And I did something that certainly lands smack dab on the latter. [...]