5 More Cajun Words & Phrases That Make Us Laugh

This is one of my favorite sayings. I think when loosely translated it means "well look at that" or a facsimile thereof. You can find this expression in a Rod Bernard song called "Ga De Don, Ga De Don".

Roll that "r". According to the French-English Dictionary, this word is a noun meaning "jumble, hodgepodge, mess". I have a good friend named Richard Comeaux (quite possibly the world's greatest steel guitar player) who affectionately calls me this. Yes, I guess I am a jumbled mess sometimes.

OK, I really have no clue how to spell this one and the internet was no help. But most Cajuns know the word Ta-Tai (or Bay-Tai). From what I know, it's used mostly for a monster. Gosh, can anyone help me on this one?

Another one that I have no clue how to spell but we all use it! For the most part it is a term used in moments of excitement. An example would be, "Poo-Yie, that was a good play by Drew Brees!" And of course, we all use it in the past tense and in the negative way when we've had too much to drink and got "Poo-Yied"

Literally interpreted, capon means "to castrate" in verb form and "a castrated cock" in the noun tense. Alrighty then. We use it down here to mean "scared" -- i.e., "I was gonna go to the Museum of Fear, but poo-yai, I'm too capon, me!"