Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Boontling is a folk language spoken only in Boonville, California. Although based on English, Boontling's unusual words are completely unique to Boonville. It was invented in the late 1800s and had quite a following at the turn of the century. Now it is only spoken by aging hippies and original residents. Because the town of Boonville only has a little over 700 residents, Boontling is an extremely esoteric, and quickly becoming archaic, language that has over a thousand unique words and phrases. Boontling Primer ab chaser - Someone who lives on the coast, an "abalone chaser." Not to be outdone, ab chasers call Boonters squirrel bacon. belhoon - Dollar blooch - To chatter aimlessly. (also means to masturbate) Boont Dusties - The Boonville Cemetery dinklehonk - cow gorm - to eat hyoottle - hotel kilockety - to travel by train kiloppety -to travel by horse trashmover - heavy winter storm weech - a small child zeese - coffee. Named after a man named Zeese whose coffee, it is said, "would float an egg." External Links A basic history of Boontling This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.