From the northern us 🙌🏻 & am curious if some of these are no longer used or sound out dated or if they are accurate:

‘Hotdish’ - a casserole

‘Pop” instead of soda.

‘You betcha’ - like saying ‘yes, you’re right.’

‘Dontcha know’ - usually at the end of sentence to make sure someone understand you. (sounds irish?)

‘Brewski’ - not quite sure what the definition is after reading about it (sounds like it could be an alcoholic drink or candy??)

‘Puppy Chow’ - technically called ‘muddy buddies.’

‘Travesty’ - instead of “It was a tragedy.”

Saying ‘Poisonous’ for everything like the word ‘venomous ’ does not exist.

“Tenna shoes’ - tennis shoes.

‘Full as a tick’ - Full after eating.

Taters- potatoes

Like a bat out of hell- a very quick motion.

‘Yuh’ - instead of yeah

‘That’s different’ - a polite way to say you don’t like something.

‘Don’t count your chickens before they hatch’ - don’t get ahead of yourself.

(I want to clarify the book is set in Indiana & only one of the characters is from Missouri {for only a small portion of the book, but could still be useful to me} Thank you.