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cabinet, as a synonym for frappe? or is that only a rhode-islandism rather than a new-englandism?

Point taken. But the native Floridians say it too, probably because the northerners have created a new culture down there. That is to say, this phrase is on the move, and not restricted to one small place anymore. For what it's worth.

Half of Florida is from the northeast anyway, or so it seems. I've only ever heard red light E. of the Mississippi.

Eh, they say red light all over the place. They say that in Florida. Where are you from?

I remember getting lost in Rhode Island because someone told me to turn at a red light. I went right through the tricolored traffic light they were talking about, looking for one of those blinky red lights that often serves as a stop sign. I've only heard red light referring to stop lights/traffic lights (as opposed to districts) in the northeast.

AZ, I've heard a handful of these where I come from (Mid-Atlantic U.S.)--including soda, townie, jimmies, and fluff-a-nutter (only it's fluffer-nutter).

As for "grinder," first time I ever heard that term was in Philadelphia. (Or as Philadelphians pronounce it, "Fluff-ya.")

what's that?

How 'bout red light?

I refuse to add that on the grounds that it is awful and a recent development in N.E. and I hope it dies! It is, however, already on my Rubbies list.

Standing ON line! The rest of the world knows that they are an integral part of the line and therefore stands IN line...

Let me know if any of these are used outside of N.E. I found a list online and disagree with some. Others I encounter all the time. Just yesterday, for instance, I realized that very few people outside of New England know what Fluff is, never mind a Fluff-a-nutter. Frappe is another that no one seems to know.