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Old-Fashioned Words and Phrases
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. (old fashioned – [noun] a cocktail made with whiskey, bitters, water, and sugar, and garnished with citrus-fruit slices and a cherry.) |
"Patch me through"
:D :D :D |
Unbeknownst
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courting...
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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!" |
caddywhompus - crooked, broken, bent, sideways, damaged
* I sat on my glasses and now they are all caddywhompus. |
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!" |
:rolleyes:
my mother's favorite to just about anything my sister would do; "you're slower than molasses in January" :rolleyes:
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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. |
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) |
That's better then hip pockets!
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Twit.
My Mother must have called me that a million times! |
"Trip the light fantastic" means to dance really well...
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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. |
press = closet
redd out = clean up redd up = clear the table smearcase = cottage cheese uh, unless nobody else ever heard those..... |
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. |
"comeuppance" as in what goes around comes around, hey is that a twofer (or more)? hmmm....
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Ya' betcha bippy
I have no clue what a bippy is. |
In like Flynn
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Faster then a herd of turtles or Off like a herd of turtles.
Gone done it. |
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