Old-Fashioned Words and Phrases

[Ms. Meander]

They don't make 'em like they used to! What are some of your favorites?



fisticuffs - combat with the fists

* The participants could not resolve their differences and the debate ended in fisticuffs.


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(old fashioned – [noun] a cocktail made with whiskey, bitters, water, and sugar, and garnished with citrus-fruit slices and a cherry.)

[Sparkle]

"Patch me through"


:D :D :D

[gotoseagrl]

Unbeknownst

[Mr.Nobody]

courting...

[Hollylane]

From my recent(last night) brush with Andy Griffith:


Sheriff Andy Taylor:

"I don't know why I am always gettin' my britches caught on my own pitchfork!"

[Ms. Meander]

caddywhompus - crooked, broken, bent, sideways, damaged

* I sat on my glasses and now they are all caddywhompus.

[Hollylane]

A true statement about my Hayden, from his mother, who was full of these:

"You move so slow, dead lice wouldn't fall of you!"

[Deborah]

my mother's favorite to just about anything my sister would do; "you're slower than molasses in January" :rolleyes:

[LaneyDoll]

Oooo fun! While looking for the correct spelling and the definition of one word I found another!

* Euphonious-Pleasant sounding, especially a pleasant sounding word.
From the ancient Greek word euphonos, meaning "sweet-voiced":
eu-, good + phone, sound.

* Crepuscular-Of or like twilight; dim.

[Ms. Meander]

Trousers

*as in, pants

OR (better yet):

the phrase, "All talk and no trousers" - Blustering and boastful, showing off without having the qualities to justify it.
(I must credit Sparkle with bringing this use of trousers into my daily lexicon)

[Hollylane]

That's better then hip pockets!

[MsTinkerbelly]

Twit.

My Mother must have called me that a million times!

[lillith]

"Trip the light fantastic" means to dance really well...

[Jess]

twitterpated


1)to be completely enamored with someone/something.
2) the flighty exciting feeling you get when you think about/see the object of your affection.
3) romantically excited (i.e.: aroused)
4) the ever increasing acceleration of heartbeat and body temperature as a result of being engulfed amidst the exhilaration and joy of being/having a romantic entity in someone's life.

When he smiled at her, the rush of warm, fuzzy, excited sensations that filled her made her realize she was completely twitterpated with this man.


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[tapu]

press = closet

redd out = clean up

redd up = clear the table

smearcase = cottage cheese


uh, unless nobody else ever heard those.....

[tapu]

He was all over that "like white on rice."

I don't know where the hell that came from, but I run into it once in a while here in Maine.

[Julien]

"comeuppance" as in what goes around comes around, hey is that a twofer (or more)? hmmm....

[Corkey]

Ya' betcha bippy
I have no clue what a bippy is.

[Mr.Nobody]

In like Flynn

[wolfbittenpoet]

Faster then a herd of turtles or Off like a herd of turtles.
Gone done it.

[Corkey]

For the love of Pete........... not Chancies Pete

[Mr.Nobody]

Please...and thank you

[Mr.Nobody]

The best thing since sliced bread....(what was the best thing before sliced bread?)

[Corkey]

That was the bees knees:blink:

[lillith]

Golly Gee Willikers that's neat!

[femmedyke]

from my other mama, just the other day... "Amanda are you still 'pining'?"

[swan]

A friend of mine asked me the other day if I was "settin' my cap" for someone....

Setting your cap is to fall in lurve and start flirting with them so they know you're into them. :sunglass:

[Hollylane]

As Grandpa Charlie used to say:

"Oh Godfrey!"

[Glenn]

My parents had me later in life and were older than the average,so I use to hear these old slang words regularly in the house:
Take a powder-Leave
Beat it. Leave
He's a good egg.
Bohunk- A derogatory name for an Eastern Europeon immigrant
Bootlegger-Dealer in illegal liquor
She was a tough old bird.
Knocked up.-To make pregnant
He wants to make her.- To make love/sex.
Dang my onery hide.
Mooch
Sap-Fool
Take a snort.-A drink
Up the road a piece
Floozy-Promiscuous woman
High brow- Geek
Blue nose-Snob

[Ms. Meander]

The best thing since sliced bread....(what was the best thing before sliced bread?)

It must have been The Wheel. Before that? Fire.
At least that is my take.

[DoReMiFemme]

"Going steady."

D'awww.

[Ms. Meander]

Caliginous [kuh-lij-uh-nuhs] - misty; dim; dark

*The long abandoned house had a caliginous aura.


I first heard this word as a child in the film The Wizard of Oz when the wizard refers to the Tin Man as a "clinking, clanking, clattering collection of caliginous junk". I asked my mom what it meant and she told me to look it up (apparently she did not know either). I remember deciding that it didn't really fit in that sentence and was only put there for the alliteration. That has always bothered me.

[DapperButch]

"Lady friend"

term used by:
1) people who are in their 80's
2) betenoire :|

[tapu]

Gentleman caller

[DapperButch]

"It's time to blow this pop stand".

My mother's way of saying she is ready to leave a location.

[Jett]

caddywhompus - crooked, broken, bent, sideways, damaged

* I sat on my glasses and now they are all caddywhompus.
haha yes... and the ever (no longer) popular kittywampus

[Mister Bent]

What in the Sam Hill?!

Sam Hill is an American English slang phrase, a euphemism or minced oath for "the devil" or "hell" personified (as in, "What in the Sam Hill is that?"). Etymologist Michael Quinion and others date the expression back to the late 1830s
(Wikipedia)


Criminy!

[UofMfan]

Oopsy-daisy

[Mister Bent]

Cretin

(from the French)

[Chancie]

And don't take any wooden nickels.

There is no canoodling in class.

Oh, for Pete's sake. <-- where Pete got her nickname

[Nina]

I use:

at sixes and sevens

[scootebaby]

goin trading--as in going to the grocery store

by cracky

knee high to a grasshopper

[Soon]

go fly a kite

:|

[Corkey]

Hop to it! :| Iz not wabbit.

[scootebaby]

put on your Sunday best

[Corkey]

For cotten picken sake, and the ever just as odd crimeny

[moxie]

I get told I say this kind of stuff all the time but I can't think of anything except:

swell

shush!

and saying things by their actual name instead of brand name (i.e. bandage instead of Band-Aid, tissue instead of Kleenex, soda instead of Coke)

[scootebaby]

dont get your knickers in a twist

n'ary you mind

dagnabit

aint that a kick in the pants

[Mr.Nobody]

as my pops used to say...Imma knock you into next Tuesday

again as my pops used to say...if you are going to be a garbage man, be the best damn garbage man there ever was!

[Ms. Meander]

What in the Sam Hill?!

Sam Hill is an American English slang phrase, a euphemism or minced oath for "the devil" or "hell" personified (as in, "What in the Sam Hill is that?"). Etymologist Michael Quinion and others date the expression back to the late 1830s
(Wikipedia)


Criminy!




My grandmother always said "Crominy!" (usually followed by someone's name). Close, but distinctly different.

[Andrea]

One of my favorite words - abreast

As in they were walking two abreast.

Andrea

[lillith]

My mom's favorite: Fuck you and the horse you rode in on!

[kannon]

studmuffin

urban dictionary: A rather attractive human of the male (in this case butch, trans, FTM, etc) variety. Can be described as being 'good enough to eat'.


mmmm.... I can smell freshly baked studmuffin.

[Diva]

I say "Swell" a lot.....it's a 50's word.

My Granny Sweeten used to say "directly" (pronounced d'reckly): We're goin' to the store d'reckly. (Soon)

"Sunday-go-to-meetin' clothes"

"Church house"

[Corkey]

My grandma used to always say "go wash your teeth". I thought she was kidding....

[Ms. Meander]

I have been truly enjoying all of your posts! Keep 'em coming!

I am now off for one last gander at the moon before I hit the hay.

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[JakeTulane]

Haberdashery.

[rainintothesea]

You're talking on a dead phone. (You're wasting your breath.)
Mosey.
Keen.
Nifty.
Snazzy.
Spiffy.

I'm sure there are more, I'll add 'em as I think of them.

[swan]

It must have been The Wheel. Before that? Fire.
At least that is my take.

But did Fire come before or after Dirt? My grandfather was "older than dirt".

[swan]

I use:

at sixes and sevens

That gives me an Evita flashback, which is weird because those are usually thread hijacks rather than on topical...

"All you will see is a girl you once knew,
allthough she's dressed up to the nines,
at sixes and sevens with you..."

"dressed up to the nines" being all dressed fancy like.

[Ms. Meander]

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[Ms. Meander]

bad hat - someone who deliberately stirs up trouble

*I won't give an example lest I get myself in trouble, and come off like a bad hat.*

[Nina]

I also say:

'good egg'

and use the expression:

'I love you more than salt' (which is from an old fable/folk tale)

[Queerasfck]

"Follow that car!!!"

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[JakeTulane]

As My late maternal grandmother made famous as a saying to My later maternal grandfather..

"Go piss up a rope"

[Queerasfck]

Good night Nurse!

[The_Lady_Snow]

Don't be such a Ninkumpoop!!!(sp?)

[Andrea]

My honey teases me that I am showing my age by calling him a Silly Goose!

Andrea

[The_Lady_Snow]

What a maroon!!!!

[Dude]

spry

chipper

whatever blows your skirt up Madge

hitch in the get a long

[weatherboi]

Friend of Dorothy

[scootebaby]

golly gee

thats baloney

none of ur beeswax

he got the bums rush

dont know from nothin

[The_Lady_Snow]

An apple a day, keeps the doctor away.

[Sparkle]

"All Talk, No Trousers" remains a favourite, always accompanied by an eyeroll.

"Hello Pot, this is Kettle calling"

"Pardon my French" - when caught cursing, particularly in front of children.

"The Bee's Knees AND the Cat's Pajamas" - really top of the top, the best thing ever

"Full of Beans" - to mean full of energy or a nice way to say 'your child is manic and out of control'

"It's all gone pear shaped" - all wrong, not as expected, disappointing

"Ass over Tea-kettle" - to describe a particularly fantastic fall


Whinge - to whine
Suss/Sussed - to figure out, understand
Strop/Stroppy - to throw a fit or tantrum, to sulk
Twee - to be dainty, quaint
Gallivanting - out on the town, running around

[weatherboi]

dizzy with a Dame!!!

very much in love:jester:

[The_Lady_Snow]

That boy has me on cloud nine!!

:sparklyheart:

[lillith]

Honeychild....please!

[weatherboi]

What's your story, morning glory?

[Diva]

My Aunts Ruby and Lois used to say "Law, law!" because it was as close as they could get without taking the Lord's name in vain.....

~Lawsy mercy!
~Land sakes alive!

:giggle:

[AtLast]

From my Grandmother born in the 1880's in Italy-

"sacremente la bastia!"

"inchastra!"

"miseria"

My Mom (1917-1998)-

"Jesus, Mary & Joseph!"

"tall drink of water"

"everyone's shit stinks"

"royal pain in the ass"

... last but not least... "stupid is what stupid does"- When I saw "Forest Gump", I couldn't believe someone else's mother said that!

Yeah- not exactly from a refined background...

[Daktari]

Oh my giddy aunt!

Jeepers!

Twit!

[Ms. Meander]

Ya' betcha bippy
I have no clue what a bippy is.


bippy - an unspecified part of the anatomy (usually used in the phrase You bet your ( sweet ) bippy ).

[Diva]

"Straighten up!"
:| My Dad said this to me a lot!

He also said, in the same tone, "Here now!"

From an older friend of mine...."Hotter than 9 hells!" (which it is right now)

[Ms. Meander]

Reading your posts is great fun! I use some of these words and phrases regularly. I've learned some others here that I intend to incorporate. Today, I caught myself saying that I am "keen on" something.

One more:

Trollop - (noun)
1. an immoral or promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute.
2. an untidy or slovenly woman; slattern.

*That Ms. Meander is a trollop but we love her anyway.
(Ms. Meander is not actually a prostitute)

[Ms. Meander]

It's been a long, trying day and I feel "rode hard and put away wet".

:|:|:|:|:|:|

[Soon]

Hold Your Horses!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hold_your_horses

(the things you are making me remember, MsMeander...not sure if I am liking this game! ;) )

[Corkey]

When the cows come home.
I always wanted to ask where they'd been...

[The_Lady_Snow]

Heavens to Mergatroyd!

[Jett]

Heavens to Mergatroyd!

LMFAO... a fav! Just the name Mergatroid... (if you feel offended Mergatriod, just call me... if not... well.. pls call me... haha)

Jamie
Btw, just to give myself up to the same love I give, Buela... my daddys nickname for me as a sprout... yes, always open for ribbing
:)

[T4Texas]

One of my favorites, Pie Eyed, meaning to be drunk.

[tapu]

lop-joggered

WVa/OH border; possibly wider spread

[The_Lady_Snow]

Looks like Met's got herself into quite a pickle!

[Ms. Meander]

Heavens to Mergatroyd!


Love it! Wasn't there a cartoon character who used to say that? I want to say it was Huckleberry Hound but I'm not sure...

[Ms. Meander]

When the cows come home.
I always wanted to ask where they'd been...

They were down yonder, teaching the pigs to fly

[Ms. Meander]

lop-joggered

WVa/OH border; possibly wider spread


What does it mean?

[femmiredhead61]

My mothers was "Slower than frozen molasses going up hill" lol

[Nina]

decorum

it's one of my favorite words, more even so, it's one of my favorite states of being....

[Dude]

lad

case of the nerves
touched:twitch:

wet your whistle:koolaid:
hitting the sauce

[theoddz]

I've always heard these and use them today, myself:

"Thank G-d and Sonny Jesus".....

and....

"Jesus have pity".

:)

~Theo~ :bouquet:

[Novelafemme]

my dad always said (and probably still does say) "JUDAS PRIEST" instead of more traditional curse words. :confused:

[Sparkle]

Love it! Wasn't there a cartoon character who used to say that? I want to say it was Huckleberry Hound but I'm not sure...

It was Snagglepuss. the pink cat.

[girl_dee]

I've always heard these and use them today, myself:

"Thank G-d and Sonny Jesus".....

and....

"Jesus have pity".

:)

~Theo~ :bouquet:


and in my house it was

"Jesus, Joseph and Mary!!!"


:|

[tapu]

What does it mean?

catty-whompus

haha!

[tapu]

panhandler

(I know what it means, but where the heck did it come from?)

[Tommi]

Go redd up yuur room.

Hey, scooch your hiney over and lemee sit dahn

Divvy up the candy so yinz all can have some.

Awlright yinz kids better be be-haven yourselves down there!



http://www.pittsburghese.com/glossary.ep.html?type=verbs

[tapu]

flanapple












all right, so i made that one up

[tapu]

Go redd up yuur room.

Hey, scooch your hiney over and lemee sit dahn

Divvy up the candy so yinz all can have some.

Awlright yinz kids better be be-haven yourselves down there!



http://www.pittsburghese.com/glossary.ep.html?type=verbs

This is the Upper Midlands dialect. It extends across PA, OH, upper KY and WVa. I grew up with all these same sayings.

Ever hear "redd up the press"?

[gotoseagrl]

betwixt - in the space which separates

[Tommi]

This is the Upper Midlands dialect. It extends across PA, OH, upper KY and WVa. I grew up with all these same sayings.

Ever hear "redd up the press"?

Nope, but growing up in the west, Pa corner , my Gramma used to tell me to go redd up my room as she pressed my clothes.
Djeet? No . Dju?


See ya later alligator..After while crocodile

[cinderella]

Beholding, reckon, 'your servant', madam, sir, begging your pardon, pardon me, etc., etc. Unfortunately all these words/expressions are falling out of favor - now there's another expression, little used.

[Hollylane]

If I had my druthers....

This is one my mother and I use often, but I had a customer use it today too!

[Ms. Meander]

It was Snagglepuss. the pink cat.

Ah - but of course!

[Ms. Meander]

flanapple












all right, so i made that one up

I was just going to post, "Are you making these up?!", when I saw...

Feel free to make up your own, but at least give us a definition!

[Ms. Meander]

pennywise and pound foolish - making bad decisions based on short term thinking

[Mister Bent]

Can't believe this one hasn't come up:

Best thing since sliced bread.

or

Cuter than a bug’s ear.

[DamselFly]

horsefeathers!

[Tcountry]

Keep ur britches on

Holy buckets

Oh my stars

Don't get ur panties in a bunch

Smack my ass & call me Charlie

Butter my buns & call me a biscuit

Grandpa says when u sleep past 8am "people die in bed, ya know"

Peek & plumb town (town so small, if u peek round the corner...ur plumb out of town)

Sweating like a whore in church

Take a load off (have a seat)

Gettin married was the old "ball & chain"

Shotgun wedding...(just to make sure the groom wasn't gonna run away)




That is ALL I can think of right now....still use most of them occasionally

[Andrea]

I happened to be sitting with someone who was watching a fishing show once. The fisherman was talking about some new product and said:

As handy as a pocket on a shirt.

I still chuckle over that.

Andrea

[Ms. Meander]

tight scratch - difficult fight

* It was a tight scratch, yet we emerged victorious.

[DoReMiFemme]

Calling soda "soda pop" or "pop."

[tapu]

http://popvssoda.com:2998/

[tapu]

And that's all she wrote!

That's interesting because it has to be delivered exactly that way. You can't say, "I agree but that is all she wrote." It loses its idiomatic meaning (for most speakers) in that context and reverts to the literal: "and she didn't write down anything more."

[T4Texas]

Something my dad would say to me when he got aggravated with me:
Why don't you use your head for something besides a hat rack?

[TickledPink]

Asking someone how they are doing and they reply "fair to midland" and actually finding out it is "fair to midling."

[Gemme]

I was just going to post, "Are you making these up?!", when I saw...

Feel free to make up your own, but at least give us a definition!

Flanapple sounds like a mighty tasty treat, actually.

Can't believe this one hasn't come up:

Best thing since sliced bread.

or

Cuter than a bug’s ear.



No need for disbelief; sliced bread *was* mentioned a ways back. :)

Let's see....

shit eatin' grin
ten ways to Tuesday
don't know him from Adam
apple of my eye
throwing the baby out with the bathwater
baker's dozen
did you get out on the wrong side of the bed today
that takes the biscuit aka that takes the cake
for the birds
throw me a bone
blood is thicker than water
giving someone the bum's rush
bury the hatchet
calling a spade a spade
nitty-gritty

That's all I've got for now.

[Ebon]

"Six of one, half-dozen of the other"

I think I like the explanation the best. :blink:

"Six of one, half-dozen of the other" says that two things which people refer to differently are actually the same thing. A "dozen" is a counting word that represents twelve (12) of some particular item, so a "half-dozen" is equal to six (6) of that item, and saying "six of one" is equal to saying "a half-dozen of the other." The "one" and the "other" refer to the two things which you are saying are not so different. Example: "I say she's a stewardess. She says she's a flight attendant. It's six of one, a half-dozen of the other." Although something has been said in two different ways, they ultimately mean the same thing.

[DapperButch]

Flanapple sounds like a mighty tasty treat, actually.



No need for disbelief; sliced bread *was* mentioned a ways back. :)

Let's see....

shit eatin' grin
ten ways to Tuesday
don't know him from Adam
apple of my eye
throwing the baby out with the bathwater
baker's dozen
did you get out on the wrong side of the bed today
that takes the biscuit aka that takes the cake
for the birds
throw me a bone
blood is thicker than water
giving someone the bum's rush
bury the hatchet
calling a spade a spade
nitty-gritty

That's all I've got for now.

Damn you're good. I must know...did you come up with these yourself, or did you find this on google or something?

Not that you couldn't come up with them yourself, it is just a lot to come up with and I want to know just how impressed I should be! :winky:

[tapu]

I was just going to post, "Are you making these up?!", when I saw...

Feel free to make up your own, but at least give us a definition!



Well... there is no definition, other than what it sounds like. I don't have a recipe or anything else.


Here's one I've been trying to insinuate into general culture, but it hasn't taken off yet. Joking! i don't really think one person can do that but here's what happens:

You know that politician "Huckabee." Well I thought his name sounded like an idiom and I made up a meaning and used it whenever I could. The meaning I made up for it is "to throw a fit." (Which, come to think of it is an idiom in its own right.)

Every chance Ive had, I've used it in that context: Man, my boss really hucked a bee over that one.

People either ask me what the heck I said, or they just look at me with suspicion. I haven't heard anyone who''s picked it up. Foo-ee.

[cinderella]

...if 'druthers' was formed from a combination of 'I would rather'....hmmm, kinda makes sense that it would.

If I had my druthers....

This is one my mother and I use often, but I had a customer use it today too!

[cinderella]

'alienist' - the 19th century term for a psychiatrist when the science was in it's infancy. I got that from a fictional novel I read about the first documented serial killer in NYC. The title of the book was 'The Alientist' by Caleb Carr - a great read.

[little_ms_sunshyne]

Whenever my Abuelita (granny) says she is getting old and it will be her time soon, my Dad always jumps in and says:

"You know what they say about the bad weed...it never dies" lol

Now imagine this conversation in Spanish...yup..very animated.

When referring to "grooming" your special areas...Grandma's advice to me was (keep in mind I didnt ask for any advice),

"If there is no nest, there will be no bird" Ummmm..wonder if Grandma realizes I am not looking for any visits from birds lol

[Sparkle]

I'm quite sure I made this one up...it is a cousin to "Frippery"

Friphoppery verb the action of being showy, frivolous, often bawdy, nonessential.

"After a cocktail (or two) the evening proceeded with much friphoppery."

[little_ms_sunshyne]

Thought of another:

Cant get blood from a turnip

[Ms. Meander]

"Six of one, half-dozen of the other" says that two things which people refer to differently are actually the same thing. A "dozen" is a counting word that represents twelve (12) of some particular item, so a "half-dozen" is equal to six (6) of that item, and saying "six of one" is equal to saying "a half-dozen of the other." The "one" and the "other" refer to the two things which you are saying are not so different. Example: "I say she's a stewardess. She says she's a flight attendant. It's six of one, a half-dozen of the other." Although something has been said in two different ways, they ultimately mean the same thing.

I'm so glad we've got that cleared up. :|

[Ms. Meander]

I'm quite sure I made this one up...it is a cousin to "Frippery"

Friphoppery verb the action of being showy, frivolous, often bawdy, nonessential.

"After a cocktail (or two) the evening proceeded with much friphoppery."

Friphoppery! My very favorite Sparkle-word, and not coincidentally - my very favorite Sparkle-activity! :wine:

[Ms. Meander]

<<<needs a lesson from Gemme on "multi-quoting"

[Galahad]

"You'll have to lick the calf over again" my grandmothers saying. She meant redo something until it's perfect. Because cows will bathe their calf over and over, as if they missed something. I don't know if this was a common saying or just a family or local saying.

[Chancie]

Thought of another:

Cant get blood from a turnip

Nor can you get blood from a stone.

[Guy]

I remember my grandmother saying in broken english

Always knock with your feet

[Gemme]

Damn you're good. I must know...did you come up with these yourself, or did you find this on google or something?

Not that you couldn't come up with them yourself, it is just a lot to come up with and I want to know just how impressed I should be! :winky:

You should be VERRRRY impressed.

:blink:

Nope, all of that jumble was from my noggin. I've got more but it tends to come out when the situation warrants it.

Whenever my Abuelita (granny) says she is getting old and it will be her time soon, my Dad always jumps in and says:

"You know what they say about the bad weed...it never dies" lol

Now imagine this conversation in Spanish...yup..very animated.

When referring to "grooming" your special areas...Grandma's advice to me was (keep in mind I didnt ask for any advice),

"If there is no nest, there will be no bird" Ummmm..wonder if Grandma realizes I am not looking for any visits from birds lol

Weeeellllll.......in the old days, a female was referred to as a bird.

:cheesy:
:blink:

For Dapper's Google infactuation (I knew about the term but couldn't remember how it came to be):

bird - woman or girlfriend - now unfortunately a rather unflattering term, but it wasn't always so; until recent times 'bird' was always an endearing term for a girl, derived from the Anglo-Saxon 'brid' which meant 'baby animal', in other words a cute little thing. The origin also gave us the word 'bride'.

[DamselFly]

i've heard this a before but had forgotten it until i came across it again while i was reading today:
HORSEFEATHERS!!!
damselfly

[Gemme]

Are you daft?

I still refer to myself as a flibbertygibbet, though I've seen it spelled other ways too. I've called myself a fussbudget too.

Now, don't lollygag around.

My Gramps used to warn me against engaging in tomfoolery, but I think someone may have said that one already.

A couple more for the road:

...on a wing and a prayer
...lickety split
...snug as a bug in a rug

[Tcountry]

whenever someone complained about getting old my grandpa(& now dad does too) said "its better than the alternative"

[little_ms_sunshyne]

"Ambulance you got a chance...If its a hearse its got to be worse"

Not sure how old this one is...but I love it! lol

[Venus007]

"Why isn't she just cuter than a bug's ear?"

[Tcountry]

just heard tonight at work.....
-Raining like a cow pissin' on a flat rock

-bout as worthless as peein' in the ocean

[CherryFemme]

When a was very young, I used to refer to myself as a "sexual invert" because that was what people in my rural town called me "like me" back then.

I used it about half a dozen times after I moved to San Francisco, but no one knew what the Sam Hill I was talking about, so I stopped.


Yes, Dorthy, I really am 63 in many, many ways.

*Cheers to my ex, Radcliff Hall*

~CF

[Mtn]

Pretty is as pretty does.

[cinderella]

"Yerba mala nunca muere."

Lol. I remember that one too - my mom used to say it about my father all the time. She wasn't too far from the truth - he died a few months ago at the age of 91!

Whenever my Abuelita (granny) says she is getting old and it will be her time soon, my Dad always jumps in and says:

"You know what they say about the bad weed...it never dies" lol

Now imagine this conversation in Spanish...yup..very animated.

When referring to "grooming" your special areas...Grandma's advice to me was (keep in mind I didnt ask for any advice),

"If there is no nest, there will be no bird" Ummmm..wonder if Grandma realizes I am not looking for any visits from birds lol

[Gemme]

just heard tonight at work.....
-Raining like a cow pissin' on a flat rock

-bout as worthless as peein' in the ocean



This reminded me of:

as useless as teets on a bull

[Hollylane]

I've been working my brain to the white meat!

[Gemme]

I'm so hungry my stomach's gnawing on my backbone.

[Elijah]

Some of My favorites:

Drat!
Ornery
and Shenanigans

[Andrea]

It's just going to get a lick and a promise..... means I will clean lightly now and promise to do a better job soon.

Andrea

[tapu]

sit a spell

[tapu]

prit' near

[tapu]

batty: She's been a bit batty since she got older.

tetched: He's a bit tetched in the head if you know what I mean.

three sheets to the wind: When they come outta that bar, they was three sheets to the wind.

to beat the band: She was a-singin' and a clappin' to beat the band.

lick o' sense: Billie Joe never had a lick o' sense. (Pass the biscuits please.)

[Gentle Tiger]

They don't have a pot to pee in but they spent money on foolishness.

Stomach so full you could crack a flee on it.

[Gemme]

'retch 'round as in I'm gonna 'retcha 'round and smack the crap outta you if'n you don't mind.

I might have heard that once or twice.

:blink:

[jenny]

I haven't read all the posts, so my apologies if this one has been posted...

Keeping company.

I love that term for a courting couple...

[Ms. Meander]

I haven't read all the posts, so my apologies if this one has been posted...

Keeping company.

I love that term for a courting couple...

I don't believe we've seen that one yet, and I like it! Thanks!

[Ms. Meander]

Today i had occasion to tell someone, "You bet your sweet bippy!". It feels good to say, you should try it.


cogitations- unpleasant thoughts

*I found it difficult to abide her company but I kept my cogitations to myself.

[lillith]

Shut the door! You weren't born in no barn!

[Tcountry]

I was born at night....but not last night.

Act ur age not ur shoe size.

Mind ur p's & q's

[cinderella]

...on wee-weeing...this reminded me of:

"I have to pee so bad, my eyeballs are floating." lol


just heard tonight at work.....
-Raining like a cow pissin' on a flat rock

-bout as worthless as peein' in the ocean

[cinderella]

Something said by one who is constantly committing faux pas...

"I just open my mouth to change feet."

[SmoothButch]

"It's hotter then a witches tit"

"your up shits creek without a paddle"

"just about as useless as a tit on a cow"

"it's gone to Hell in a handbasket" ...


My good ole GrandMa, she always told it like it was

[PinkieLee]

Pocketbook ~ purse or handbag

Underpants ~ underwear

"for shits & giggles" ~ doing something just because...

[cinderella]

Um, a tit on a cow is VERY useful...did you mean 'bull' perhaps?
*snip*

"just about as useless as a tit on a cow"

[Starbuck]

"Mash" as in "Mash that button for me"

[Gemme]

...on wee-weeing...this reminded me of:

"I have to pee so bad, my eyeballs are floating." lol

I used to hear "I have to pee like a Russian racehorse" a lot.

Today, I got to say, "Lord love a duck!" and I liked it.

:cheesy:

[DoReMiFemme]

I used this in passing conversation today:

Heavens to betsy!

[cinderella]

Lol, Miss Gemme, never heard about the Russian racehorse, but I have about 'Lord love a duck' - wish I knew the history behind that one. :)

I used to hear "I have to pee like a Russian racehorse" a lot.

Today, I got to say, "Lord love a duck!" and I liked it.

:cheesy:

[lillith]

I wear a brassiere under my blouse that I tuck into my slacks .

[T D]

"It's hotter than a popcorn fart"

For reals, I've heard this one many times.

[Ms. Meander]

"It's hotter than a popcorn fart"

For reals, I've heard this one many times.



um... :blink:

[Ms. Meander]

Elbow relation - distant relation, like a cousin-in-law

[gotoseagrl]

what the deuce?

[Charming Texan]

Egads!

thick as thieves

shut the door and your mouth behind it - <3 Grandma

[The_Lady_Snow]

When the hand held bug zapper comes out I know I'm going to be having:

"More fun than a fox in a Hen-house"

[hpychick]

One of my favorites, that makes me cringe every time I use it (it's the first one). And I'm not even sure I can pull it off phonetically here, but I'll give 'er a go:

heyuh (as in *here*- to be used when calling someone or an animal *to* you.) The southerners will be the ones to get this first!

finer 'n frogs hair (answer when someone asks how you are doing)

fair ta middlin' (answer when someone asks how you are doing)

sowing yer randy oats (being cheeky or sassy in a sort of flirtatious way)

[The_Lady_Snow]

Don't be such a fuddy duddy!

[moxie]

People don't use enough Yiddish words anymore.

or maybe it's just where I am

[Gemme]

"It's hotter then a witches tit"



I've heard it the other way...'it's colder than a witch's tit'.

Interesting!

Lol, Miss Gemme, never heard about the Russian racehorse, but I have about 'Lord love a duck' - wish I knew the history behind that one. :)

This is helpful. Not.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_origin_of_the_phrase_Lord_love_a_duck

Today was a day for "more nervous than a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs".

[The_Lady_Snow]

Spiders give me the willies!

[Dude]

speaking of willies, tallywacker

[The_Lady_Snow]

Don't let that money burn a hole in your pocket!

[Gemme]

Spiders give me the willies!

But not the heebie jeebies?

[lillith]

Don't let the door hit ya where the good lawd split ya!

I am only joshing...don't be a patsy.

[Outlaw]

Behoove

Numbskull

Six of one, half-a-dozen of another

Iran-Contra

TV Guide

"like a broken record"

"three sheets to the wind"

"coming down the pike"

[Ms. Meander]

vexed - irritated; annoyed

*I am truly vexed by her insistent denial, despite ample proof.

[tapu]

vittles

Ma fixed us up some vittles and we commenced a-eatin' 'em.

[deb_U_taunt]

As easy as standing on your head stacking BBs. (dad)

Don't get your tail so tied up in knots. (mom)

Cold as a well digger's ass. (dad)

Pay ya Tuesday for a hamburger today. (uncle stole it from his favorite whimpy)

I am going to rip off your arms and legs and beat you to death with 'em. (grandpa)

I am going to knock off your block and shit down your neck. (grandma's version)

[hpychick]

It's hotter'n two cats fuckin' in a wool sock :|

[Gentle Tiger]

I will box your ears.

If you don't sit your happy self down somewhere.

.......you will be picking your teethe up off the floor

[Ms. Meander]

As easy as standing on your head stacking BBs. (dad)

Don't get your tail so tied up in knots. (mom)

Cold as a well digger's ass. (dad)

Pay ya Tuesday for a hamburger today. (uncle stole it from his favorite whimpy)

I am going to rip off your arms and legs and beat you to death with 'em. (grandpa)

I am going to knock off your block and shit down your neck. (grandma's version)

Grandma and grandpa had a violent streak!

[Outlaw]

Barf - as in vomit

Dis - as in reject

Federal Case - as in big deal

and one of my mother's favorite expressions was..."somewhere between there and here, you must have lost your ever-lovin mind, I suggest you go back the same way you came and see if you can find it"

What time is it? - Quarter After, Twenty After, Half Past, Twenty of, Quarter of, Noon and Midnight are terms that seem lost on a generation that finds telling time on analog clocks antiquated.

[deb_U_taunt]

Grandma and grandpa had a violent streak!

And at 90 and 95, they throw empty threats. :)

[deb_U_taunt]

If you lay with dogs, you get fleas. (dad)

[Sparkle]

"Whatever's Fair is Fair, Kid" Grampa

when spoken in a resigned tone meant: "whatever your grandmother says - goes!"

when said after a few beers with his buddies at the KofC meant: "whatever you want!"

and when said in response to my tears or pouting, in a mollifying tone meant: "chin up, as soon as they're not looking we'll go get ice cream"

[NJFemmie]

"What in tarnation?"

or ... "cuss it all to tarnation"

[Deborah]

"I'm so hungry my stomach thinks my throats been cut"

"Why you're no bigger than a wart on a nats ass"

"Big as the side of a barn"

hmmm my family seemed to have been obsessed with the size of things....no wonder I have issues :|

[deb_U_taunt]

my grandma is also 4'9" and we would tease her she would 1. have to catch us and 2. have to drag a ladder with her...lol

we were some wild lil 'hellions


Grandma and grandpa had a violent streak!

[Gemme]

Cussing up a blue streak.
Fiddlesticks!
I'll be a monkey's uncle!
Imma pop you in the kisser!

[Ms. Meander]

So beautifully executed, I thought it deserved a re-posting here. Thank you, Sparkle!

To a top-notch, class-A DollyBird (& my Darling Femme Friend)
I wish you a year of friphoppery, shenanigans, goings on & only the best of the hullabaloo ~ may it be full of frolic & shimmy & a cacophony of clinking crystal overflowing with bubbly.

May your brassieres be busting, your knickers untwisted, your pumps sky-high & your every ensem: La-Di-Da!

May there be more trousers - less talk!

Love & Louboutins & Luscious Libations,

Your Triumvirate of Trollop

[weatherboi]

it needs a haircut!

Talking about a concept and giving it a new outlook.

[Gemme]

Let's put a pin in it.

[deb_U_taunt]

'Don't get your tit in a wringer'

(my mom did get her hair caught in it once)

[tapu]

..towhead..

[UofMfan]

I am in a pickle.

[Venus007]

Really old. . . Lest
It means "so that you might not"

I am quite fond of it because 1 word replaces 5 words, ahhh economy

another one . . .

social intercourse for conversation

fine fettle
high mettle
in their oats
fit as a fiddle and ready to play

[Gemme]

I was thinking about phrases that were well known but don't really make sense and/or just aren't right earlier today.

For example, sweat like a pig makes absolutely no sense as pigs do not sweat. Also, someone said my boss eats like a bird, meaning that she picks at her food and/or doesn't eat a lot, but birds typically eat 2-3 times their body weight daily so that's not right. *I* eat like a bird.

:|

[tapu]

pigs in a poke

[Gemme]

My panties were totally in a twist earlier today.

[Gentle Tiger]

your eyes were bigger than your belly.

...smellin' himself

...too big for your britches

[Dante]

two french fries short of a "happy meal"

[Gentle Tiger]

knee high to a grasshopper.
"I've known that child since they were knee high to a grasshopper.

[MissPriss]

That dog dont hunt!

Useless as tits on a bore hog.

and my favorite.....

Colder than a well diggers A beep

[Dante]

as snug as a bug in a rug ...

[Gentle Tiger]

smack dab in the middle

[Holly.88]

Bend and pat: to bend your knees and pat your feet on the ground; to walk.
How am I gonna get there?
You better bend and pat!

Don't eat the dead ones!: a warning to not eat boiled crawfish that aren't curled up because any that have straight tails were dead before they were boiled.
Y'all enjoy, but remember, don't eat the dead ones!

Poke and grits: to poke your feet under the table and grit your teeth
Mom, what's for supper tonight?
Poke and grits!

[Venus007]

23 skidoo meaning to leave advantageously or to be bum rushed out depending on how it was used

oh and probably (although I use the phrase) bum rush which means to be thrown out from around 1910 apparently the phrase received a revival in the 1980s and came to mean to be slammed into a fence, wall or other surface by someone taking a run at you

Oh and one more, shrive, it means to forgive sins or obtain forgiveness by confession
the past tense is used still today, shrove, as in shrove Tuesday for lent (aka Mardi Gras)

[Dante]

It's not over til the fat lady sings ...

[Holly.88]

Close! But no cigar.

[Dante]

Going to kick you into next week ...

[girl_dee]

Going to kick you into next week ...

and as my mom would say...

and beat you again on Thursday.

[girl_dee]

cheapskate...

"tighter than a crab's ass"

[JAGG]

I bet I have 427 million of these , thanks to my grandmother. Here's a few:
Live by the sword die by the sword.
Those who have will get.
Beggers can't be choosers.
It will all come home to roost.
If you want to dance you have to pay the fiddler.
If you'll do something once, you'll do it again.
Don't believe anything you hear, and only half of what you see.
Love me, love my dog.
I will post more another time.

[Ms. Meander]

Dilatory - tardy, stalling

*I was prepared to leave a 5 o'clock but was delayed by my dilatory child.

[JAGG]

Inspired by Mary Hooper.
Take your half out of the middle.
You're all shined up like a new penny.
That car is deer. (meaning the car is expensive)
Oh she thinks her shit is better than ice cream, I don't see anyone following her around with a dixie cup.
The hail fellow well met. (Meaning he thinks he's more important than he is)
Too dumb to come in out of the rain.
You pay the band, you pick the music.
Hard work never killed anybody yet.
You kids have everything coming and going, you don't know what it means to go without.
Like it or lump it.
Everyone has something to offer.
But for the grace of god, there go I.
Shirts going one way, pants going the other, you look like a bag tied in the middle.
(My fav. One) laughing leads to crying.

[Dante]

Let's make like the wind and blow ...

[Holly.88]

Ah shucks!

[JAGG]

And yet I have more. Ha Am I the only one posting on this thread? Haha
If wishes were horses beggers would ride.
people in hell want ice water. Usually came after I said I wanted something she couldn't afford.
Give um an inch they will take a mile.
Watch your p's and q's.
You're gonna poke your eye out! Hahahaha
Show me your friends, and I'll tell you what you are.
Your opinion and 50 cents will buy me a cup of coffee
You don't know shit from shinola. Ha still haven't found any shinola.
Birds of a feather flock together.
You're so full of it your eyes are brown.
You could screw up a 1 car funeral procession.
A fool and his money soon part.
You're still wet behind the ears.
You're a day late and a dollar short.

[Holly.88]

Let's ditch this popsicle stand.

[Ms. Meander]

Chinwag -

–verb
1. to chat idly; gossip.

–noun
2. an idle chat; gossiping.

[sharkchomp]

'tighter than dick's hat band'

this is my personal fav..... I'mina as in I'mina go to the store. People say it all the time but don't realize they say it.

~~~shark~~~~~~

[Ms. Meander]

give your head a wobble - to ask someone to re-think what they have said

[Soft*Silver]

If I said "Mom, I'm hungry!" Momma would say "go upstairs and eat a dead monkey..."

[DoReMiFemme]

I'm not sure how particularly old-fashioned this is, but my grandma uses it and so do I:

passel - a large group of people or things; a pack.

I usually refer to the dogs in my home as a "passel of demons." Okay, there are only three of them but they sure feel like a larger pack when they all clamber around to say hi when I get home.

[Gráinne]

Any sentence followed by "Bless her heart" (as in, "She's a little dim, bless her heart")
She doesn't have the sense God gave a billy goat
Mind your P's and Q's (oops, that's been said-oh well)
Don't be a flibberdegibbet
Don't read me the entire magillah (from mother)
All that and a bag of chips
The bee's knees
I wanna knock you into next week! (meaning a punch, or..something ;))
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush
Robbing Peter to pay Paul

[JAGG]

Red in
the morning sailors warning, red at night sailors delight.
Fox smells his own hole first.
If the shoe fits wear it.
Don't get too big for your britches.
Monkey see monkey do.
Do I look like bank of america
Money doesn't grow on trees
either stay inside ,or outside this isn't grand central station
Were you born in a barn close the door

[tapu]

get on the stick

"hurry up and get started"

You better get on the stick with that cleanin', girl!

[Dreams]

you can't unring a bell..

[JAGG]

Two peas in a pod.
Feast or famine
Your hair looks like you combed it with a fire cracker.
Get your act together.
If you had 3 hands you'd choke to death (meaning you eat too fast)
You don't know whether to scratch your ass or wind your watch.
Get your priorities straight.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
If you can't say something nice don't say anything at all.
Life is full of hard knocks get used to it.
Defend your convictions, it's who you are.
Honesty is the best policy.
If someone punches you, you punch them back twice as hard.
No use crying over spilt milk.
Nobody likes a tattle tale.

[Gráinne]

And how could I forget:

Never a borrower nor a lender be
Beauty fades; dumb is forever
Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining (thanks Judge Judy for both of those)
Beauty is as beauty does
They that dance must pay the piper
Knee high by the Fourth of July
Lower than a pregnant ant
Little pitchers have big ears
Blind as a bat
Works like a dog
Sick as a horse
Used everything on that pig but the oink (thanks, Dad)

[socialjustice_fsu]

My mother to me while I was in the backseat of her car (age 4, not 35): "Do you want me to stop this car and pop you?"

Me: "No."


Have not heard that in years....

[jelli]

"Well, I swanny."

[JAGG]

Yes I have more, bet you thought it wasn't possible.

Home again home again jigity jig.
Whether its cold or whether its hot, we'll have weather , whether or not.
Like beating your head against the wall.
Talking to you, is like talking to the wall.
Let's not, and say we did.
If you want to argue, go upstairs, if I'm not there in 5 min. Start without me. ( haha always worked to shut us up )
If I had an extra 20 dollars, I'd sit up all night long and stare at it.
Don't let that money burn a hole in your pocket.
There is truth to every lie.
There are 2 sides to every story.

[msW8ing]

Can't dance and it's too wet to plow.
More skiddish than a long tail cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
More nervous than a wh*%e in church.
Why pay for the cow when you can get the milk for free.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Two heads are better than one.
Do you wanna go pick a switch? (Umm yeah like we WANTED to)
Do you think I was born yesterday?

[JAGG]

Told you I have a lot!
Hind sight is 20\20.
If it was a snake it would have bitten you.
Can't see the forest through the trees
Par for the course
Familiarity breeds contempt
Can't see for looking ( meaning you are trying to hard)
Can't win for losing
Close but no cigar
Give em enough rope they'll hang themselves.