southern-fried

southern-fried

1. Coated in flour and breadcrumbs, then shallow fried in oil or grease. They served southern-fried catfish with corn on the cob, mashed potatoes, and green beans. There was nothing quite like the southern-fried chicken my grandma used to make when we were kids.
2. Having the traits or characteristics indicative of or pertaining to the Southern United States. I was just a long-legged, southern-fried boy when I joined the military, but eight years of service helped me grow into a man. These folks know what it means to show real southern-fried hospitality.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

southern-fried

mod. alcohol intoxicated. (An elaboration of fried, referring to fried chicken.) When Bob came home southern-fried, his wife nearly killed him.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • bubble
  • bubble and squeak
  • squeak
  • full English
  • come for
  • come for (someone or something)
  • cob
  • get a cob on
  • cut back on (something)
  • greasy
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The Southern-Fried Gameroom Expo is the perfect place for fans of gaming and pop culture to meet up, celebrate, and play the 250+ games in the free-play arcade, roll the dice with friends in the additional 14,000 square feet devoted to the GeekDad tabletop boardgame experience, meet legendary game designers and competitors, watch exclusive movie screenings, browse the vendor exhibits, and compete in tournaments galore.
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