Buggy 
In Appalachian and Southern speech, a "buggy" is most often a shopping cart at the grocery store. It can also mean a baby stroller or, in older times, a small horse-drawn carriage.
Hillbilly Dude Says...
If you're born'n'raised here, you'll most likely call them thangs at the grocery store a 'buggy.' I always have. Them sigogglin ones are the worst. Hillbilly Dude Says...
If you're born'n'raised here, you'll most likely call them thangs at the grocery store a 'buggy.' I always have. Them sigogglin ones are the worst. Pronunciation
[BUHG-ee]
Meaning & Usage
- Shopping cart (noun)
Mae:
Don’t forget a buggy - we need milk, bread, an’ a mess of taters.
Don’t forget a buggy - we need milk, bread, an’ a mess of taters.
Earl:
This one’s got a squeaky wheel again.
This one’s got a squeaky wheel again.- Baby stroller (noun)
Mae:
Load the baby in the buggy, let’s go for a walk.
Load the baby in the buggy, let’s go for a walk.- Horse-drawn buggy (noun)
Earl:
Back then, folks went to church in a horse an’ buggy.
Back then, folks went to church in a horse an’ buggy.variations: shopping cart, stroller, horse-and-buggy, cart, store buggy, baby buggy
★ In much of the South and Appalachia, "buggy" almost always means "shopping cart." In other parts of the U.S., people say "cart" - but around here, that sounds odd. ★
Origin and Etymology
"Buggy" comes from British English, where it originally meant a light carriage. The term carried over to America, first for horse-drawn buggies, then baby strollers, and finally shopping carts.
Usage Notes
Still common in Appalachian and Southern families today. "Buggy" is especially tied to grocery stores, though older uses linger in phrases like "horse and buggy."
Say It Like a Southerner
Said quick and plain: "buggy." The "uh" sound is short, rhyming with "tuggy."