Slang of the Day
Newburyport Youngster Slang of the Day
Bubbtown- the less desirable parts of Newburyport
Bubba- One who lives in the less than desirable parts of town.
Wiggy- A more precise term for a bubbtown resident.
Ya’ Bubba- What you say to get the attention of a Bubba.
Yeat - My interpretation is :a friendly go away or up yours attitude. Lets debate this. What is your definition?
I go to the Tech - That is Whittier Vo-Tech.
General Slang
The Mall - Sometimes the Mall you shop at, but sometimes the Bartlet Mall (Frog Pond).
I must of grew up in the wrong Newburyport or a later part in life but I remember a Bubba was some one who lived in Seabrook. NH.most of my relatives are from there..and YEAT was a word all the BYFIELDERS used…but I could be wrong…
I was wrong I guess the word bubba meant the poor people and yeat did come from Newburyport,,the word WEE is a slang word form Byfield
I grew up on Walnut St and my recollection of Bubba, aside from Seabrook, was yes poorer, but that would not be a true meaning. It was also that kid who always got into trouble, or who thought he was tougher than you. He also lived in a bad part of town. I walked down Cashman Park as a 10 year old and had a few negative encounters with them. You minded your own business, however they insisted on terrorizing you! There were many meanings for the term I guess. If you were a Bubba you would never consider yourself as one obviously. You would tend to lean toward Seabrook to put that title on someone. Certain last names tended to be in the Bubba catagory and lived in the so called Bubbtown area. Maybe they only existed in the young , shelter minds of some kids who lived in other parts of town. - A sort of early class warfare perhaps?
Bubba Town is Seabrook always was always will be. Newburyport has Joppy (Joppa Flats), there were south enders and north enders. Those of us that had the priveledge to grow up in the Cashman Park area had the good life. had a place to go to every day we were not stuck in our yard or bored we always had fun. I do not remember ever picking on anyone or causing trouble. Most day we would sit on the wall and watch traffic all day long. I grew up there lived in that area 30yrs was 2yrs old when we moved there.
I’m sure we can all agree there were tougher parts of town, like in every town. Over the years those parts change for the better and some for the worst. There wasn’t much down Cashman park in the late 70’s and early 80’s. It was a park in disrepair. When a part of town falls apart and your parents don’t want you down there anymore it has changed for the worst. During your time it may have been different. Things can change in a few years, it’s just a part of a revolving cycle. You got to experience the good part Cashman Park had to offer. A few years later I lived the down cycle of a once great park. Later in the late 80’s during the urban renewal the park was cleaned up, new kids playground was added and the pier was reconstructed.
Yeat …As in “Yeat the bun” was definately used quite common in the Lime/School street area for many years . I believe the true history of the term may never be known , but it does date back quite a ways . Having grown up in the area and seen it carved in benches , trees …written with chaulk in the street …not to mention hearing it practically every day for 25+ years . A lot of the locals that can tell more about it have long since moved away due to “re-developement” . Some say it was for the better ( and are probably right ) , but I like to remember Newburyport how I saw it as a kid growing up in the South End . By the time I left town I didn’t know anyone anymore…
i grew up in byfield 72 -78 and yes the word yeat did come from the byfield’ers . another word we used was juice {hot lookin woman } ya b-field slang . wee means hello or goodbye but i dont know how it came to be . i moved to nbpt after living at adventure land on scotland road after they widen the highway and took our house make rt 95 . are you the jack f that know jp kimble , rooster janvrin , howie
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g travis ,
Are you refering to the Jack F. that lived on Plum Is. ?