Southern-fried

American  

[suhth-ern-frahyd] / ˈsʌð ərnˈfraɪd /

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.

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Southern-fried British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of Southern-fried

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Salon

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Seattle Times