Don't budge at the bubbler!

There's a great discussion going on over at dloo4d's blog about regionalisms, something that, if you hadn't noticed, is another point of interest here at the SJBlog.
The discussion began over the use of the term "grundy" for "wedgie" in Wisconsin. Other Wisconsin-specific terms include "time machine" for "ATM" (because the company that owns these particular ATMs is the "Tyme" corporation -- dloo4d did the research on this), "budge" for "bud" (as in: "Hey! You budged! Get to the back of the line!") and "bubbler" for "drinking fountain." This last one seems to be a holdover from my Mom's era, because I don't remember ever calling a drinking fountain a bubbler growing up, whereas I have used all the other terms in this list.

The classic regionalism, of course, is not specific to Wisconsin, but in usage all over the Midwest: "pop" for "soda" or "soda pop" or "Coke," depending on where you're from. While I may have dropped or lost my other regionalisms (and, frankly, how often do I talk about grundies?), ever since that first person in college said "Pop?!? Don't you mean soda???" I have hung on to pop with pride. You can't take pop away from me, do you hear me???