Weird Things My California-Bar-Member Mother Says

• ¡Ábrete la boca!—Open your mouth!
• ar-kaan-saww (said with a lilt)—Arkansas
• boob tube—television
• favor-īte—favorite
• turkey—troublemaker
• goomy bears—gummy bears
• rain galoshes—rubber Wellington boots
  
• I love you a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck.—
  I love you lots.
• It woulda bi'cha if it were a snake!—It's right under your nose.
• You're bored outta your gourd.—You're bored stiff.
• Hold your horsies.—Be patient.
• You've got ants in your pants.—You can't sit still.
• Go stand on your head and stack BBs.—Please find something to do besides bug me.
• You're cruisin' for a bruisin'.—You're bugging me on purpose. (These last five usually came at me in this order when I was little.)