Caldwell Residents Give Tips On Speaking ‘New Jersey-ese’

CALDWELLS, NJ — The Garden State can have a lingo – and a zeitgeist – all its own. And there are some things only a fellow New Jersey resident will get, it seems.

We recently asked our readers in the Caldwells: “What’s something you say that only someone from New Jersey would understand?” They weren’t shy about offering their own examples. Here are some of the best.

Read more replies at the Patch Caldwells Facebook page.

• Down the shore
• I'm goin' down neck
• Jughandle
• Watch The Tram Car Please!
• Taylor ham
• Wawa run
• Large pie
• Goobalini.....or is that a Belleville thing?
• After a late night at the Meadowlands it’s time for some disco fries at Tick Tock
• I’m in the mood for a midway sausage sandwich
• Padiddle
• What exit?
• (From the out-of-stater): "Your car insurance premium is WHAT?!"
• 20 regular cash
• "go around the circle" then make a right
• Taylorshameggandcheeseonahardroll

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