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

/ ˈsʌðənˌfraɪd /

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

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

One gets the impression of a Southern-fried, pretty-boy version of Max Bialystock.

From The Daily Beast

Sometimes on Sunday I would go out to their house for a southern fried chicken dinner with pecan pie.

From Project Gutenberg