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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

There's a word coined in this town's specific dialect that means "catty corner, kitty corner, or diagonal".

Hint: the first two syllables of that word are "anti", though the "t" is not a full fricative stop.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This one is too tough for me!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

What do I win? 🤩🥳

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The only possible word that comes to mind is “anticlockwise” used in (some parts of?) the UK instead of “counterclockwise”… but that doesn’t exactly match “diagonally”. Is it the word though?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

The word is "antigogglin'", pronounced: any-goggln. 🤓

Bonus hint: the area fought for the North in the Civil War.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)
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