One of the terms I learned from my grandfather, who was born and raised in an all-white-redneck farming community in central North Carolina, was “yowzah!” As in, grandmother steps out on the porch and sings out, “Supper!” — grandfather pulls of his gloves and says “Yowzah! Let’s go eat, boy.” Now I have to watch the use of that word, since the ignoramus PC police believe it to be “racist.” It’s actually “rural,” used by red-clay-farm folk of any ethnicity. Ignorance, alas, does not confer bliss.
That’s very interesting. My dad used to say that and he was born and raised in central Kansas.
I had never heard it was considered racist. Any idea why?