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My mother (born 1925) certainly used "wicked" as an adjective as did my grandparents and always in a negative sense-- "That weather last winter was wicked", "Traffic is wicked today; I'm gonna be late."

When I was a kid

By Dave
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 4:33pm

When I was a kid, if you said "That was a wicked game", it was a positive attribute.

British

By mseskin
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 12:02pm

Yeah, that's British usage. As my Brit coworker pointed out, "In Britain, a wicked pisser is an awesome urinal."

I've said it

By Boston Local
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 12:30pm

Maybe I'm just old, and the kids don't say it like that anymore, but I have said "Wicked" by itself like that, and I've heard people say it, instead of saying "Cool."

Wicked was good.

By anon
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 3:46pm

Yes, growing up, "wicked" was used like "cool" or "great" or today's "awesome".

Really?

By lbb
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 1:17pm

That's funny, I've heard someone say exactly that. Talking with a mother of a high school senior, about her daughter and her daughter's best friend, both headed off to different colleges:

Me: Those two are really going to miss each other.
Her: Wicked.

Really, it happened.

still an adverb...

By mseskin
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 2:40pm

But in that usage, it pretty clearly means "a wicked lot." That's still the adverb Boston usage. In the video it was in response to "My cousin's from Taunton." Hard to read that as anything but the British adjectival usage...

Exemplary Revere Accent: "Part Of The Wonderland Parking Garage"

By Elmer
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 1:28pm

[sup]          Performed in a 2011 message by then Mayor Thomas Ambrosino.[/sup]

Also: "No Parking On Emergency Arteries"

By Elmer
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 1:37pm

[sup]          From another 2011 message by then Mayor Thomas Ambrosino.[/sup]

"Why do they keep doing this?"

By anon
Sat, 01/23/2016 - 5:45am

Wicked parody of Ben Affleck, who keeps making millions off the stupid film industry tax incentives that Gov. Charlie Baker wants to redirect to legitimate needs and priorities... like schools and bridges. For every legislator on Beacon Hill who votes to keep the tax dollar giveaway to Hollywood moguls, this is what it gets us. The joke's on us.

Love Rachel Dratch!

By anon
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 10:12am

Love Rachel Dratch!

Dude, bro, khed, guy, brotha.

By Lmo
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 10:15am

Dude, bro, khed, guy, brotha.
All of the above!

Is there ...

By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 10:21am

A baaaby fukkin wheel? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fIVJmTi-nw

Fukkin vs wicked

By anon
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 10:27am

Fukkin is definitely the most common word used in Boston. Wicked doesn't even come close, although it does come in handy from time to time. And that's what's missing from this trailah.

Thats the male Bostonian version.

By bulgingbuick
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 3:20pm

"I'm goin the fukkin Pats game."

Female Bostonian version
"I miss fikkin Filines"

Would anyone outside New England find this funny?

By Gary C
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 10:29am

I liked it, but if I was from Virginia (etc) I think it would seem long and dull. (Especially the part where they just say towns, which I really enjoyed.)

Oh and the English guy!

By Gary C
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 11:40am

That cracked me up too.

I know this will piss people off, but why did Robin Williams win an Oscar for Good Will Hunting, when his accent was unbearable? I love the guy, but it made his scenes hard to watch.

totally agree

By bosguy22
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 3:53pm

It was a horrible accent, AND he'd turn it on and off at different times. It's like some days he'd give it a shot, then the next day of filming just forget about it.

We don't care about anyone

By anon
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 12:59pm

We don't care about anyone else's opinion so it doesn't really matter :)

Sure

By lbb
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 1:20pm

If you were from Virginia and not a fan of the American film industry, you'd find it dull as dishwater. I suspect if you're into films, you'd probably find it funny even if some of the particulars escaped you.

New Hampshire Boy from Wealthy Suburb Makes Joke

By John Costello
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 10:35am

Sorry Seth. Funny Or Die did it better and funnier 5 years ago.

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/d41e5814a3/boston...

There you have it

By BostonDog
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 10:54am

Nothing is more Boston than complaining about people from the suburbs.

ummm

By Eric
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 11:25am

why was that on funnyordie, it wasn't even funny. It was just scenes from old Boston movies...

Everybody's a critic

By adamg
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 11:36am

They did it because Boston's become a movie trope.

,00001% funnier

By Cappy
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 1:33pm

Not even remotely funnier or anything remotely like it.

No ah

By anon
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 10:39am

I just heard this description of someone on the police scanner

"man with boxah shots and a wam jacket on". There wasn't even a hint of "r" in shots or wam.

Yes, there is;

By anon
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 12:16pm

'r' can be pronounced 'ah' (a soft pronunciation=non-rhotic), or as 'er-ur' ( a hard pronunciation=rhotic). Most American accents are rhotic, one of the notable exceptions being Boston, or eastern MA, parts of Maine, regional accent. NYC accernts are also non-rhotic. Some southern accents are also non-rhotic. In the UK, most southeastern England (london area, etc.) are non-rhotic. That is the stereotypical accent most people think of as an English (or British; there is no such thing as a single British accent accent, just as there is no such thing as a single New England accent) accent.

I have to see it ...

By perruptor
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 10:41am

just to find out where they do meet. Chemsfid? Sichewit? Birricka? There's hundreds of possibilities.

Haha

By Neal
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 1:27pm

I was waiting for P'biddy to come up...

P'biddy

By M
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 1:55pm

That one's my FAVORITE!!!

Pea-biddy

By Cappy
Sat, 01/23/2016 - 12:34am

I'm in P-biddy right now! It's Pissa heah!

All roads lead to Meffa.

By Chris77
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 2:00pm

All roads lead to Meffa.

Never Meffa

By anon
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 3:49pm

Nobody from Medford says Meffa. Medfid, yes. Occasionally even Meffid, but not Meffa.

Yes, Meffa

By Jil
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 7:47pm

Went to college with a guy who'd lived all his life in Medford, and he pronounced it "Meffa." That was decades ago, though.

Lived here 18 years

By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 11:07pm

I've heard many older people say "Meffa". In my experience, the lifetimers who have been to college (teachers, lawyers, dentists, etc.) and come back are more likely to say "Meffid".

Like Mr. Camuso:
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m7572G7drM[/youtube]

Maybe people who leave don't say it that way?

God I miss the old BCN days....

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