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),  characteristic of or originating in the South.

   a vocabulary full of southern-fried expressions.

Southern-fried

/ ˈsʌðənˌfraɪd /

adjective

1. (of meats, esp chicken) dipped in a mixture of flour and breadcrumbs and deep-fried

2. Also: country-fried. (of music) combined with or influenced by elements of country-and-western music

3. Also: country-fried. derogatory,  characteristic of or pertaining to the Southeastern US, esp in culture, politics, or religion Compare chicken-fried

Word History and Origins

Origin of Southern-fried¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Word History and Origins

Origin of Southern-fried¹

senses 2 and 3 from association with the cuisine of the Southern US

Example Sentences

Goggins’ gritty and/or Southern-fried shows are not the kind that inspire Emmy voters’ rapture.

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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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