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Word: tahm (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Usage:

Mahty fahn, Tahm, to know Jaw-juh's on yoah mahn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Aug. 30, 1976 | 8/30/1976 | See Source »

Even if he quits dropping his post-vocalic rs, Jimmy Cot-tuh is likely to confuse Northerners from time to time-that is, from tahm to tahm-and increase other regions' interest in Southern lingo. Thus, in the spirit of both fun and information, TAHM offers this glossary of key words, by no means all Car-terese. Some are authentically South Georgian and others from different parts of the Deep South, some upper-class and others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: A Glossary from Cot-tuh Country | 8/2/1976 | See Source »

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