Mark Wahlberg Massachusetts Slang
The people that brought you Massachusetts Top 50 Slang Words, are back with The World Of Mark Wahlberg Massachusetts Slang. You can argue that the Wahlberg’s of Dorchester created Massachusetts…

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 27: Mark Wahlberg attends as Tiffany & Co. Celebrates the reopening of NYC Flagship store, The Landmark on April 27, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Tiffany & Co.)
The people that brought you Massachusetts Top 50 Slang Words, are back with The World Of Mark Wahlberg Massachusetts Slang.
You can argue that the Wahlberg's of Dorchester created Massachusetts slang. Or at least enhanced it, with their national notoriety.
As we have discussed many times before, our state, and our people possess a unique speaking style. Our manner of speaking has been used in countless Hollywood productions. We have gotten so good at spotting fake Massachusetts accents, it's become hours of internet click bait.
My favorite, worst movie Boston accent was portrayed by Jimmy Fallon in that Red Sox movie, Fever Pitch. But, they made up for it, in recreating a 1970's Fenway Park.
Another movie that missed the mark when it comes to an authentic Boston accent, was Thirteen Days, starring Kevin Costner. Costner plays Kenneth O'Donnell, who was the special assistant to President John F. Kennedy. This movie focused on The Cuban Missile Crisis. The real O'Donnell was born in Worcester, but Costner's forced accent fell far short of authentic. Bruce Greenwood, played JFK and did a much better job at the famous Kennedy, New England accent. Despite the fake Costner accent, I enjoyed the movie.
Massachusetts Top 50 Slang Words
Last November, my blog sharing Massachusetts top 50 slang words could be my most successful blog EVER, with thousands of views. It still does well today! But WHY? Maybe our own, special language, makes us feel closer to our childhood, closer to home, closer to who we really are.
Watch Mark Wahlberg Teach Us
We found a recent Vanity Fair video with Marky Mark schooling us on how we must speak if we live here. Enjoy with caution! Mark uses his best Dorchester-ese, complete with profanity. If there are kids in the room, turn it down, or UP. Your choice. Do you know what jimmies are?
So, let's take our deep dive into The World Of Mark Wahlberg Massachusetts Slang.
You may be surprised of what Mark thinks of the word, Masshole. After you watch the video, see the Massachusetts TOP 50 Slang words below! Did we leave any out?
You can hear Jaybeau each weekday on 1057 WROR, from 2pm to 7pm, playing 80's and more variety!
You may not even realize it, but you created Massachusetts TOP 50 Slang Words. You possess a unique trait. We speak like NO one else on earth, if they are not from here.
Some Call It Boston-ese
Our language is so famous, it's been the inspiration behind countless Saturday Night Live skits. How about those famous Dunkin commercials? Remember Jimmy Fallon in Fever Pitch? He had to learn all about our wonderful vernacular, and he's a Yankees fan.
When Do We Lose Our Accent?
That's a great question. Some always retain a bit of the Boston-ese. If you listen carefully to me on WROR from 2p-7p, you can hear me slip back into my childhood tone, as if I was with Mom at Joardan MAASH at Christmas. Sometimes, I bring a grinda, to work. (In Philly, they call it a hoagie.) Being from WISTA, it took me a few years, to loose the accent. But it comes back around the holidays, CUZ, I'm with my family, and the influence is over-powering.
So, if you suffer from the same dark magic around the holidays, stop, take a sip from the bubla and see why these top 50 slang words make us Massholes. Here are Massachusetts TOP 50 Slang Words!
(from Time Out)
Bubbler, a drinking fountain
It's really BUB-LA
The Cape
Cape Cod. It's really DA-Cape
Carriage
a shopping cart that you use at the MAAAAKET
Cellar
The cellah
The Charles
It is really Dirty Water?
Clicker
The remote control.....pronounced click-AH
Coogans
Dollah drafts
Comm Ave
Cawm Ave. If you say Commonwealth Avenue, we know you're not from here
Dollah Drafts
Coogans, again
Dungarees
Jeans
Dunks
Really? (If I have to explain, meet me on Commonwealth Avenue.)
Eastie
East BAAAWSTON
Frappe
Milk shake
Frickin
How we say F---- and keep our job
The Garden
GAADEN.....where the CELTS play
Hosie
to call dibs on something
The Hub
Now, it's our sister station.
I could care less
how we like to say that we couldn’t care less about something
In Town
We refuse to refer to the City of Boston as a city.
Jimmies
Chocolate Sprinkles
Kid
A term of endearment that you use to address your closest friends. A requirement in every Mark Wahlberg movie.
Mass-hole
"A derogatory term for Massachusetts residents that Bay Staters have reappropriated."
It's derogatory?
Nor’easter
A winter storm that we get at least once a year, prompting us all to freak out and ravage the grocery stores for milk, eggs and bread.
The name Shelby Scott (R.I.P.) comes to mind.
No Suh
No sir; no way.
OFD
Originally from Dorchester. A requirement in every Mark Wahlberg movie
Packie
First time we used it was at the age of 15. A liquor store; short for “package store.”
The Pike
Short for Massachusetts Turn Pike.
Pissa
Short for "that's awesome." Sometimes, used with the pre-fix, 'wicked'
Pockabook
Your purse
The Pru
The Prudential Tower. The Top of The Pru: Where my voice comes from every day from 2p-7p, into your radio.
Regular
A coffee with cream and "suga.."
Pronounced REG-U-LAAAH
Ripper
Great party. You called in sick
Rotary
Roundabout, where somehow we never die
So don’t I
me, too. (We like to throw in negatives when they aren't necessary)
Southie
South Boston
Historically Irish-American neighborhood, that on St. Patties Day, you become someone else
Space-saver
Any large household object (i.e. a lawn chair, a barrel) used after a winter storm to prevent anyone from taking your painstakingly shoveled, on-street parking spot.
Statie
Our friends, The Massachusetts State Police
Sticker
A state inspection sticker for your car that you must renew on the same month every year, lest you get pulled over by a Statie; pronounced “stick-ah.”
Supper
After lunch, around 8pm, we have "suppah"
The T
The MBTA, our public transit system that's usually on fire
The Train
Not the T, but it is, kinda, but not.
This f----kin guy
A stranger who’s pissed you off
Or a friend you never see
Tonic
Soda
or Pop
Townie
A city native who’s never left the neighborhood they grew up in, still hanging around in all of the same places with the same people.
Triple decker
A popular three-floor apartment building, where each unit has a front porch/balcony, so people can sit outside, yell to their neighbors. Pronounced "dekkah"
Wicked
Means "awesome"
Sometimes followed with "pissa"
Yah huh
I agree
Yah no
I disagree
Bang a uey
Make a U-Turn
Grinder
Sub sandwich, pronounced "GRIND-dah"




