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One of us looked out the window at the rain this morning and said, “it’s a wicked pissah out there.”

This stirred some debate in the office, as pissah (obviously) means “great, awesome.”

But there’s apparently some disagreement about the meaning of certain Maine expressions.

If you got up before the crows piss, or are just drove right up from work, you probably have a good handle on Maine’s lexicon.

What are your favorite Mainerisms? Share them in the comments and they might make another quiz.

Dan MacLeod is the executive editor of the Bangor Daily News. He's an Orland native who now lives in Unity. He's been a journalist since 2008, and previously worked for the New York Post and the Brooklyn...

I'm a new mom and renegade fitness blogger at After the Couch. I live in Brewer with my husband, Tony, our daughter Felicity, and our two pugs, Georgia and Scoop.

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