Flat as a flitter. EmmettRedd said Since there was a significant German influence in the central US, this origin is likely. I recently read that there are more Americans of German ethnicity than English. Could that be a mutation of flinders? Administrators: Martha Barnette Grant Barrett. Moderators: Grant Barrett. Top Posters:. Newest Members:. Forum Stats:. Mostly used in conjunction with a threat. To those of us from the South, its just a saying that most of us use. The origin of the phrase is not known but it has been around for a while.
In hopes that this prayer would protect them from otherwise death. Coincidentally, there is a myth that your heart stopped when you sneeze. Just saying. Meaning: 1. What is your life?
For you are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Meaning: An expression used in conjunction with a promise that that action will be done as long as there are no extenuating circumstances to stop them from completing that action. Origin: The fritter is sometimes filled with some sort of meat or fruit but it is normally like a small pancake. The colloquial phrase however is more often used in rural areas of the western United States although it is also popular in the American South.
Who knew that both exists as almost the same thing? Meaning: A simile showing relation to an item being flatter than usual. When I was a youth; my family grandparents, parents, uncle and aunt, cousin and myself thought that it would be a grand idea to kill, clean and pluck our own turkey for Thanksgiving. Sounds far fetched? A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment. How about this: it's raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock? I nearly wet myself when my Dad said that one.
Scarlett, you are right. KC thanks for the entry. Tish of Tex. Thanks for stopping by. That is a funny expression, I am thinking about doing a post on phrases related to extracting waste material. I'll add yours to the list. I believe they meant "flat as a fritter. Saying a pancake is flatter than a fritter is just plain redundant. It's "flat as a flivver" - that is an old rusting Model-T or A with 4 flat tires, such as might be encountered on a farm.
I've heard this idiom all my life from my mother who was born and raised in north Georgia. I'm also seeking the meaning of "flitter" in this context, but so far, no luck. My great Uncle told me that a flitter was a pancake. Research shows a flitter to be a kind of flat noodle, with a taste akin to a dumpling and used sort of like one. Describing something flat, thrn became flat as a flitter. Flitters, a type of really flat noodle type food was cut into diamond shapes for the most part.
In texas, nice folks said flat as a flitter, dry old cowpokes said flat as piss on a plank. My mother, a native Texan, has used this phrase. My theory is that it is related to the phrase "flat as a bat". I suspect that it's an abbreviated form of "flat as a flittermouse", or "bat".
Just a thought, as I have no external support for this proposition. My Gran Gran used to say that all the time. But she had a million Southern-isms. Fatter than a hog on a floored pen, among others. My Mama told us that a flitter was like a ho-cake or johnny cake. Well here in the good ole state of Ky a flitter is a slang term for vagina So it's as flat as a vag A flitter is a saying for a homemade bread Here is the recipe: 4 cups of flour 2 cups of water.
Mix the flour and the water. Then, fry like a pancake until cooked thoroughly. Enjoy it. You can add beans, corn, etc to it. My grandfather and father Central Arkansas used it all the time. I add "Flatter 'n a flitter. Very old dictionary defines it as a rag such as used in cleaning that has become thread-bare The Webster New Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language, based on Noah Webster -- unabridged edition printed in -- defines it as a noun meaning a rag; a tatter.
My mother, who grew up in south Alabama - Conecuh County - used that saying all her life. It's so nice to stumble upon this conversation! Origin: apparently by dissimilation from fritter2.
KY at Russell Springs, Jamestown and Union Chapel, Flitter used by all generations of my family means indeed Pancake, or Johnny Cake, which is a huge biscuit dumped into a Iron Skillet like you would bake a regular biscuit. My grandmother was born in and I remember her saying "Flat as a flitter". Trust me she didn't know what a fritter was. I've been usin' this expression all my life, and have no clue where I first heard it, but thanks to some of the posts on here, I think I may be satisfied as to it's origin.
When I Googled "Flitter Bread," a bunch of receipts came up with photos of pancake-like things that resemble my grandfather's from Bossier parish, Louisiana flapjacks. The majority of the recipes call for only self-risin' flour and water: poor folks food.
Interestingly, flapjacks are typically thicker than pancakes, but still relatively flat compared to most things. I think this origin makes the most sense. Im from and live in KENTUCKY My grandma and my whole entire family calls vagina a flitter you never here us say anything besides flitter when referring to vagina or pu..
It is indeed a poor man's pancake. I am from southern West Virginia and I have been eating and cooking flitters most of my life. I have never put syrup on them but they are delicious with homemade blackberry jam.
Born and raised Kentucky girl and I've never heard this version. Flat as a "vag" doesn't even make sense. Fiddle de dee Scarlet, we've been using that expression here in Alabama since way before the Civil War and I've heard it used in Tennessee as well as Florida. Before now, I never questioned its reference or validity, but today the query brought me here. It's just that we like to "paint the story" in our phrases.
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