– a sofa, or couch euchre (throughout the North) – card game similar to spades fridge (throughout North and West) – refrigerator hotdish (esp. Minnesota) – a simple entree cooked in a single dish, related to casserole paczki (in Polish settlement areas, esp. Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin) – a jelly doughnut pop (North-Central and West) – a soft drink, carbonated soda soda (all the Northeast and parts of Wisconsin) – soft drink Troll (North-Central) – people who reside in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan Yooper (North-Central) – people who reside in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan ope – a form of alert or apology used when trying to get around someone or something; E.g. "Ope, let me squeeze right past ya". Ope is most often used in Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, and Minnesota. Northeast brook (now widespread but especially common in the Northeast) – creek bubbler (esp. New England, Wisconsin and the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys) – a water fountain cellar – alternate term for basement sneakers (throughout the U.S., though concentrated in the Northeast and parts of Florida) – generic rubber-soled athletic shoe. soda – a sweet, carbonated soft drink Mischief Night (or, rarer, Cabbage Night) – an annual night when, by custom, preteens and teenagers play pranks; usually, the night before Halloween New England grinder – submarine sandwich packie (package store) – a liquor store rotary – traffic circle tag sale – garage sale wicked (all of Massachusetts) – very; an intensifier and adverb, as in wicked cold meaning very cold Eastern New England bulkhead – cellar hatchway cabinet (Rhode Island) – milk shake frappe – milkshake hosey – (rare, but esp. parts of Massachusetts & Maine) to stake a claim or choose sides, to claim ownership of something (sometimes, the front seat of a car) intervale – bottomland; mostly historical jimmies – sprinkles (ice cream topping) see also Mid-Atlantic, below johnnycake (also Rhode Island jonnycake) – a type of cornmeal bread leaf peeper – a tourist who has come to see the area's vibrant autumn foliage necessary – outhouse, privy quahog – pronounced "koe-hog," it properly refers to a specific species of clam but is also applied to any clam tonic (eastern Massachusetts) – soft drink Northern New England ayuh – "yes" or affirmative creemee – (Vermont) soft serve ice cream dooryard – area around the main entry door of a house, specifically a farmhouse. Typically