Old-Fashioned Words and Phrases

Mr.Nobody · 06-15-2011, 05:42 PM

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

Corkey · 06-15-2011, 05:44 PM

That was the bees knees

lillith · 06-15-2011, 05:53 PM

Golly Gee Willikers that's neat!

Ms. Meander · 06-15-2011, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr.Nobody

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.

Ms. Meander · 06-15-2011, 07:02 PM

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.

swan · 06-16-2011, 12:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ms. Meander

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".

06-15-2011, 05:42 PM	#1
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Corkey Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Human Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: Very Married Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Where I want to be Posts: 8,155 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 47,491 Thanked 29,269 Times in 6,637 Posts Rep Power: 21474860	That was the bees knees __________________ "Many proposals have been made to us to adopt your laws, your religion, your manners and your customs. We would be better pleased with beholding the good effects of these doctrines in your own practices, than with hearing you talk about them". ~Old Tassel, Chief of the Tsalagi (Cherokee)

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lillith Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, her, hey you! Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 514 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 204 Thanked 688 Times in 225 Posts Rep Power: 5173242	Golly Gee Willikers that's neat! __________________ now how can you ignore a dancing pink elephant? and how i so wish it would rain here.

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Ms. Meander Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Queer Femme Relationship Status: Ethical Nonmonogamist Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Mountains Posts: 1,520 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,706 Thanked 5,211 Times in 1,147 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	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. __________________ My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart. - Maya Angelou

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