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Bang

Make an abrupt left turn (see hook for the right-turn equivalent): "He went to bang a left and take a uey but lost control." For more normal turns, the appropriate word is "hang."

Steve Trinward elucidates: ''Two frat-brothers of mine, back in '69 or '70, once double-dated two Long GUYland-raised ladies, and later regaled us all with their tale of the drive back from picking up their dates. Doug (from out Stuhbridge-way) was driving, Jim (from western Maine and a part-time cab driver) was navigating; the girls were in the back seat. As Doug wound his way through Boston's notoriously snarled traffic, Jim, in an effort to bypass the worst tie-ups, kept barking out directions, as in "Bang a left here, then hang a right at the next light, etc." After about three rounds of this, the gals in back couldn't stand any more, and in their best Lower Island hard-g whine, said simultaneously:

HANG-AH? BANG-AH? WHAT DO THESE WORDS MEAN?"

Keith McDuffee and Steve Trinward

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By steve on Tue, 03/09/2004 - 6:24pm.

I recently had a friend from Seattle come down, and we were in a "cah" with someone else drivin the wrong way down "sturradrive" so I told him to "bang a Uey" the friend from seattle was confused, I told her what it meant, and she said oh you mean "flip a bitch" so you should put that in the definition of "bang" :)

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By nancy on Tue, 01/11/2005 - 11:58am.

Where I was growing up it was never "take a uey", it was always "Bang a uey" !!!!!!

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By rick on Wed, 03/02/2005 - 2:06pm.

Don't forget to "Bang" in sick i.e., fake sick day.

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By Jimmy on Sat, 04/09/2005 - 3:56pm.

It is and always has been "bang a uey". Any other way of saying it just doesn't sound right.

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By Judy on Fri, 06/10/2005 - 6:45pm.

I had to chuckle when I read "ban a uey". We always said that, in fact I probably still do without realizing it.I live in Florida now and cling dearly to my Boston Cultcha.I love reading this vocabulary section-brings back sweet memories of homeThanks

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By Kristi on Wed, 08/03/2005 - 1:22am.

I'm a born and rasied Floridian and I've always said "Pull a Uey"

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By katey on Wed, 08/31/2005 - 6:46pm.

Bang a uey. Or sometimes I ask for a passenger's opinion "can I do a uey here?"I had a Japanese roomate name Uyi once, so 'Bang a Uyi" was a running joke.

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By Connie on Fri, 06/30/2006 - 12:31am.

In Washington state, you flip a uey and you bang your girlfriend.

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