Bayou

[Sarah]

An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a largeriver, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movementexcept from tide and wind. [Southern U. S.]A dark slender thread of a bayou moves loiteringly northeastward intoa swamp of huge cypresses. G. W. Cable.

[Sarah]

The term used as a show of hometown, or where you came from, or where you were born and raised. Used by those in the swamps and along the coasts of Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama.

[Sarah]

A place where the [swamp donkeys] habitate. Be careful, they try to lure you in with free cigs, [alcohol], and [food]... especially alcohol. Although you think its free you will you pay your price when the [rufees] and sedatives settle in. Never enter a bayou alone... bring friends with you. once you enter, much like [Alcatraz], it is next impossible to leave the [bayou] without a loss of memory of the last couple hours.

[Sarah]

a word used to describe any body of water in Louisiana; only used by people who believe that Cajun is an actual ethnicity rather than a type of food.

[Jessica]

(in the southern US) an area of slowly moving water at the side of the main river