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Southern-fried

[ suhth-ern-frahyd ]

adjective

  1. Cooking. coated with flour, egg, and breadcrumbs and fried in deep fat:

    Southern-fried chicken.

  2. (often lowercase) Slang. characteristic of or originating in the South:

    a vocabulary full of southern-fried expressions.



Southern-fried

/ ˈʌðəˌڰɪ /

adjective

  1. (of meats, esp chicken) dipped in a mixture of flour and breadcrumbs and deep-fried
  2. Alsocountry-fried (of music) combined with or influenced by elements of country-and-western music
  3. derogatory.
    Alsocountry-fried characteristic of or pertaining to the Southeastern US, esp in culture, politics, or religion Compare chicken-fried
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Southern-fried1

First recorded in 1925–30
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Southern-fried1

senses 2 and 3 from association with the cuisine of the Southern US
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He was sold after horror mogul Jason Blum, who is an executive producer, sent him the pilot script flavored with generous doses of gore, Southern-fried dark humor and foul language.

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Magaro spoke with Salon about this penchant for playing humble characters and making the Southern-fried caper comedy, “LaRoy, Texas.”

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If you thought Baskin-Robbins had concocted every ice cream flavor imaginable, the dessert chain is serving up a bold new take on a Southern-fried classic.

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Wilson grew up on a farm in rural Baskin, Louisiana, where her family taught her life lessons about hard work and treating people right, along with plenty of Southern-fried sayings.

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In addition to his role as creator and an executive producer on the show, Bridges has infused “Karma’s World” with his Southern-fried sound, so much so that Karma’s flow sounds subtly familiar.

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