Lexicon
The following is a list of words and phrases used in the Baltimore area that are used much less or differently in other American English dialects.
- pavement (sometimes pronounced "payment") – commonly substituted for "sidewalk".
- hon – a popular term of endearment.
- natty boh – local slang for the beer originally brewed in Baltimore, National Bohemian.
- down the ocean – acceptable in place of "down to/on/at the ocean", whereas ocean most likely refers to Ocean City, Maryland. Frequently contracted to the pseudophonetic "downy-ocean".
- O's – refers to the MLB team the Baltimore Orioles
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