Do you know what this means?

Minnesotan here.

I have heard the term for years. It means to purposefully do donuts. I’ve never heard it used to be exactly synonymous with “hang a youie”. (Or “pull a youie”, which seems more popular here.)

A friend and I used to find empty icy parking lots at 2 am and whip shitties while listening to loud classical music. Good times, good times.

I grew up in Minnesota, so I have heard the term many times.

Northeast Illinois here - we called it doin’ donuts.

What the hell is wrong with you people?!
You don’t hang a youie, you bang a youie.
At least that’s how it’s done in Boston (and everyone knows that Boston drivers are right about everything!)

My dad used to pull a youie, but he would hang a louie or a ralph (turn left or right).

Me, sorry.

Actually, it is because Boston drivers are most noted for their propensity for banging into each other.
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Regarding the OP: S E Michigan, doing donuts. Never heard the other.

Except that I’m from Alberta, and hadn’t ever been to Minnesota until I was an adult. It’s very, very common in central Alberta.

Dave was giving me a hard time yesterday, saying that ‘whip a shittie’ should be something like a guy going apeshit on you. He also said that I’m the only person in the whole world who uses that term, so I called my brother to tell him otherwise.

I’m glad some people know what it is, and not just a pocket of Albertans.

Same thing as “doing donuts” isn’t it? Somewhat dangerous snowy-parking lot activity. People don’t say that here, but I’m pretty sure it’s what it means.

I’m now a Minnesotan, but I grew up in Cleveland and Denver, and never heard it until I got here. I haven’t heard it to mean the same as “doing donuts”, but rather to make a hasty U-Turn.

My favorite term for that, however, was to “flip a bitch”.

In Australia the term is generally “hang a youie” or “chuck a youie.”

I’ve never heard the term “youie” used in the US before.

And i’ve definitely never heard the term “whip a shittie.”

I first heard it as “pull a shittie” in Calgary in 1999 … and yeah, it meant to do a quick U-turn …

Hamish - my b/f calls turning left “Larry”, and right, “Roger”. :slight_smile: I’ll have to tell him about Louie and Ralph.

I’ve lived all over the US, generally south of the snow line. Never heard of the OP’s phrase.

I grew up in CA and we either whipped or pulled our you-ies, which seems to be the usual term here in the Midwest as well. We’d hang a louie when a particularly interesting left turn was involved, but IIRC there was no corresponding term for a right turn. Somehow right turns just weren’t as exciting or available with as much variety I guess.

http://cfprod01.imt.uwm.edu/Dept/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_77.html

Mostly Minnesota and Wisconsin in the states.

Chicago, LA and DC upbringing here.

Never heard of it. "Hang a youie’ or ‘doing donuts’ for me.

Yes, I do.

And some exposition - I grew up in Durand, WI, 26 miles from the aforementioned Eau Claire. It’s in very common usage 'round those parts; I bet you’d be hard pressed to find someone from my hometown who didn’t know what it meant.

Here in West By God…

Hang a huey…Make a U-Turn

Doin’ Donuts…Deliberately causing a 360-degree + spin

Reckless Driving…What the nice man with the badge and revolver called the above :frowning:

Having grown up there, I can vouch for this definition. Luckily, I no longer count this term as part of my vocabulary. It’s appalling, aina’ hey?