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Creole Slang |
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On this page you will
see terms and slang commonly used among "creole people."
In one way or another it is a form of communication used to
identify and distinguish creoles from non-creole people. Some
of these expressions are not exclusive to the creole communities,
but are used quite frequently. Some derive from creoles living
in New Orleans' Seventh Ward and other expressions are used
by creoles throughout the United States. Some of them you
may have heard while other slangs you may have not. But in
a large sense these expressions and slangs have brought the
creole people together in one way or another.
Many thanks to:
Darrlyn A. Smith,
The author of
"The New Orleans 7th Ward Nostalgia Dictionary 1938-1965" from
which most of this material has been taken |
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AMOS AND ANDY- A jump rope jingle. Jumpers performed the actions that were
chanted by the rope turners. "Amos and Andy, sugar and
candy, flip, flop, down. Amos and Andy, sugar and candy, flip,
flop, up. Amos and Andy, sugar and candy, flip, flop, stay.
Amos and Andy, sugar and candy, flip, flop, away."
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BEANS AND
CORN BREAD- A counting off activity to determine
who would be "It" in a game. The words were "Stolen"
from an old song. "beans and corn bread had a fight. Beans
knocked corn bread out of sight. Beans told corn bread, that's
all right. Meet me 'round the corner on Friday night."
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