Slang Terms That Just Confuse You

[Eldezar]

When I used to frequent Northern West Virginia (as in that little slip that splits Ohio and Pennsylvania which nobody really refers to as WV cuz their just like OH and PA) there are people that like to substitute the word ignorant for anything relating to obnoxious, wierd, stupid, ridiculous and whatever else the term might not fit in but use it there anyways.

Also, in Southwestern Ohio, people call bell peppers mangos.

bell peppers


mangos


And there is no reason for it. The slang is even acknowledged in Wikipedia, but no origin for the term is given anywhere. I asked my grandmother who always used the word, she said just cause that's what people called them. It doesn't make any sense.

EDIT: Ok, apparently the reasoning for the term has been clarified on wiki, but it wasn't there before, and my gramma still didn't know why she called them that. Although, why the hell mango means pickles fruits is still beyond me.