This is more for knowing what a tenderonie is. I believe it’s a local Cleveland word. But not sure. I’d like to know. We used the word in the 70s. The tenderonies were our age then. A tenderonie was a fresh faced girl with a good body. The girls would say they were looking for tenderbonies. Regional term or not?
March 20, 2021, 10:31 PM
cas
Only know the term from it's use in music.
(Bobby brown song, and other songs referencing same.)
March 20, 2021, 10:31 PM
irreverent
Gosh, I’d say regional...
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March 20, 2021, 10:33 PM
flesheatingvirus
It’s pretty lame, so I hope it’s regional.
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March 20, 2021, 10:33 PM
Rev. A. J. Forsyth
Cleveland Boy here, born and raised. I've only ever heard it in the 216.
March 20, 2021, 10:38 PM
Sigfest
That’s why I wondered Rev. it’s a little bigger area than just 216. Lol. But not by much.
March 20, 2021, 11:19 PM
ensigmatic
quote:
Originally posted by Sigfest: This is more for knowing what a tenderonie is. ... Regional term or not?
Never heard the word before in my life, here in SE Michigan.
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March 21, 2021, 12:34 AM
TXJIM
That didn’t make down here. Never heard it before this thread.
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March 21, 2021, 04:20 AM
92fstech
I lived in Ashland (an hour south of Cleveland on I-71) for 5 years, and I still have family there. I've never heard of that.
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March 21, 2021, 05:10 AM
r0gue
2/3 of the way from Cleveburgh to Pittsburgh and I've never heard it.
March 21, 2021, 05:58 AM
mjlennon
Never heard the term in the deep south.
March 21, 2021, 07:27 AM
MNSIG
Never heard it in MN
March 21, 2021, 07:30 AM
BigSwede
I believe that was a song by Babyface? Early 90's
ETA I was wrong
Bobby Brown, Roni
March 21, 2021, 07:31 AM
frayedends
Never heard it before.
These go to eleven.
March 21, 2021, 07:37 AM
mrapteam666
Hmmm..
I was born and raised in Cols, OH Heck spent 30 years there before relocating south for work.
I don't ever remember hearing the term except in a couple of songs not even on OSU Campus when I used to attend classes, parties, and the bars.
March 21, 2021, 08:15 AM
Flash-LB
Raised in Alaska. Never heard the word before.
March 21, 2021, 08:49 AM
Graniteguy
I believe it refers to an attractive girl that is a few years younger than the man she is dating. (or vice versa with the boni)This message has been edited. Last edited by: Graniteguy,
March 21, 2021, 08:56 AM
NOCkid
I lived 25 mi. from Cleveland until age 13, also in Canton for a couple years in the mid '80s- never heard the term.
March 21, 2021, 08:58 AM
reflex/deflex 64
Yes, east central Illinois.
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March 21, 2021, 09:01 AM
Oz_Shadow
Pretty sure the dad in Friday used that term. About the only time I heard it.
