Deeecent North American Words, Phrases & Idioms

From idiots to idioms, this is an antidote to the Irritating Americanisms thread. Post North American expressions that you approve of, or even God forbid, like.


'I got you' - Admittedly, when used casually, e.g. to pay for a friend's beer, it doesn't have much dramatic impact, but in times of actual crisis those words can be an extremely comforting expression of solidarity and friendship.

'Raggedy Ass' - Of inferior quality. Sh1te, basically. Can be applied to people, things and ideas: e.g. 'Git your raggedy ass off my lawn or Ima start shooting.'

Ima - a very useful contraction of 'I am going to' (see above)

'The Mistake By The Lake' - Used to refer to any lakeside U.S. city/town pretty much, but most notably Cleveland. How Dublineseque is dat? maybe we do speak the same language, after all...

What are yours?