The Black Dog.......

This post is not about animals.
My fiance' has some really interesting--what I call----"Southern-isms".....I love them.
It is like learning a whole new language.
This morning he was in a bit of a pre-coffee fog-(we have all been there).
I asked him how he was feeling.
He said-"I am trying to dispel the Black Dog".........no kidding.
Other wild thinks he says------"it was all for naught". ((Who talks like that?
Now, when I read British Mystery Novels-my faves. by the by----I can go on for the next two days with a distinctly British accent and using VERY-VERY English terminology.
As in:
A bar is a pub-----a flashlight is a torch----I go to the loo---to potty--------yep, I swear.
It is different when you are Southern.
I had never heard of Chicory Coffee. Maybe chicory in coffee. We now drink this concoction in the cooler months of the year. You have to special order it......not for sale here in Ohio.
A varmint rifle----dispatches well, varmints, to the great beyond. (I laughed alot).
He says own for on.........we were driving own the tarmac.
I have a friend, who is exploring the different phrases people use----and how they "came about" or "into being".
Very possibly by region.
According to the Sneaky Pie Brown books.......'Breaking Bad' is what folks do when they misbehave......in Virginia.....her-Rita Mae Brown--books-detail alot of charming Southern terms and mannerisms. Worth a read.
So FYI------the Black Dog is gone......for now, replaced by coffee and laughter.