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This is Native to New England as well, mainly the State of Massachussettes. It means "water fountain". Like the kind you walk up to and get a quik drink from. It is not very well known in other parts of the US, but extremely well known in New England.
Other Terms:

Werd-- This one means "Yes", "Right On" or "Yes Sir, that is most correct" an Ecample would be:
Johnny: Heya Bill, did you get any last night?
Bill: Werd!

Get Any--Also meaning Sex

Sweet-- Meaning, "wow" or "Oh my, that is exciting news!"

We could go on and on about the way we might destroy that which has allowed us to keep our thoughts in perspective by others. The slang is not at all a new thing, nor is it very exciting, and all that bunk! Slang, mearly is a way of going aginst the normalsies of language. Therefore allowing us to be our rebelious little selves, so that we can feel that we are still in the drivers seat. As to what we would like to say, of any significants. Try I hope your as nice as I am?

I'm originally from Wisconsin, and bubbler has been used to mean drinking fountain in the midwest for many, many years.

My brother and his family moved to Massachusetts about 25 years ago from Wisconsin. They had many stories about language misunderstandings - one was about the word bubbler.

My sister-in-law wanted to find a drinking fountain at a park because her dughter was thirsty. They were at the park with a new Massachusetts friend, so she asked her new friend were there was a "bubbler". The friend gave her an odd look, didn't know why she'd want one - but proceded to take her to a fountain - and I mean a fountain that's big, and looks pretty, and shoots water out into the air! My sister-in-law of course said no, she was looking for a little bubbler her daughter could drink out of.

Perhaps bubbler has come to mean drinking fountain in Massachusetts since that time (it was 25 years ago), or perhaps it's the exact location of the incident (a little north of Boston), but I found your posting about bubbler being a Massachusetts word for drinking fountain a bit ironic. Maybe they learned it from my brother's family 25 years ago! (*little joke there!*)

At any rate, I know the word bubbler has meant drinking fountain for much longer in Wisconsin. I've heard the actual origin of the word is from the water bottles that get delivered to offices and such for their water coolers. The way a bubble comes up the middle of the jug when you draw a drink spawned the name "bubbler", and it later came to be a general word for drinking fountain.

For eight years I lived in Portland, Oregon. Most people there didn't seem to use the word bubbler, but I think more people are getting to know it means drinking fountain, even if they don't use it themselves. By the way, I ended up moving to Massachusetts myself a few years ago, and live just north of Rhode Island now.