Keep the limits visible.
A local meaning is not a universal rule. Every Boston entry should expose place, tone, audience, uncertainty, and the evidence behind its status.
Current dataset status
Starter sample ยท updated July 20, 2026
This expanded starter dictionary covers 20 highly searched Boston and New England terms. Usage differs across neighborhoods, generations, ethnic communities, social groups, and individual speakers; no entry should be treated as a universal Boston rule.
Required before source-verified publication
- Check the meaning with reliable regional references or multiple knowledgeable local speakers.
- Keep examples natural and specific without caricaturing the accent.
- Separate current, historical, ironic, contested, and potentially coarse usage.
- Record what the evidence does not establish.
- Never present browser-generated speech as a local-speaker recording.