Old-Fashioned Words and Phrases - Page 12

Holly.88 · 07-11-2011, 12:46 AM

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 · 07-11-2011, 05:51 AM

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 · 07-11-2011, 05:16 PM

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

Holly.88 · 07-11-2011, 05:34 PM

Close! But no cigar.

Dante · 07-11-2011, 06:03 PM

Going to kick you into next week ...

girl_dee · 07-11-2011, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dante

Going to kick you into next week ...

and as my mom would say...

and beat you again on Thursday.

girl_dee · 07-11-2011, 06:10 PM

cheapskate...

"tighter than a crab's ass"

JAGG · 07-12-2011, 09:10 AM

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 · 07-12-2011, 10:04 AM

Dilatory - tardy, stalling

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

JAGG · 07-12-2011, 12:53 PM

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 · 07-12-2011, 06:09 PM

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

Holly.88 · 07-12-2011, 06:20 PM

Ah shucks!

JAGG · 07-13-2011, 11:22 AM

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 · 07-13-2011, 01:45 PM

Let's ditch this popsicle stand.

Ms. Meander · 07-13-2011, 02:51 PM

Chinwag -

–verb
1. to chat idly; gossip.

–noun
2. an idle chat; gossiping.

sharkchomp · 07-13-2011, 03:12 PM

'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 · 07-13-2011, 03:23 PM

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

Soft*Silver · 07-13-2011, 07:20 PM

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

DoReMiFemme · 07-13-2011, 07:33 PM

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 · 07-13-2011, 09:58 PM

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

07-11-2011, 05:51 AM	#222
Venus007 Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: Serene Highness ;} Relationship Status: Dreamily contemplating some outrage against conventional morality Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Houston area Posts: 1,362 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,417 Thanked 4,748 Times in 1,139 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	The grandaddy of popular American slang 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) __________________ . "I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction. " Ayn Rand, Anthem "So you'll die happily for your sins. You'd rather die in guilt then live in love?" Timothy Leary

07-11-2011, 05:16 PM	#223
Dante Member How Do You Identify?: Stone Butch Top Preferred Pronoun?: Hym Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: So. Calif. Posts: 419 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,248 Thanked 496 Times in 206 Posts Rep Power: 3481782	It's not over til the fat lady sings ... __________________ Goooooooo LAKERS !!!!!!

07-11-2011, 06:03 PM	#225
Dante Member How Do You Identify?: Stone Butch Top Preferred Pronoun?: Hym Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: So. Calif. Posts: 419 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,248 Thanked 496 Times in 206 Posts Rep Power: 3481782	Going to kick you into next week ... __________________ Goooooooo LAKERS !!!!!!

07-12-2011, 09:10 AM	#228
JAGG Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: JAGG Relationship Status: =) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tulsa (cat free zone) Posts: 6,093 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 18,651 Thanked 17,531 Times in 4,137 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	loads. 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. __________________ I don't want to spend my life with someone I can live with, I want to spend my life with someone I can't live without.

07-12-2011, 10:04 AM	#229
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 5,214 Times in 1,147 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Dilatory - tardy, stalling *I was prepared to leave a 5 o'clock but was delayed by my dilatory child. __________________ 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

07-11-2011, 12:46 AM	#221
Holly.88 Member How Do You Identify?: Male and Unc to my God Son Preferred Pronoun?: Him, he, and 'hey, handsome' :P Relationship Status: She said "Yes!" Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: NOLA Posts: 285 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 230 Thanked 654 Times in 224 Posts Rep Power: 3156406	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!

07-11-2011, 05:34 PM	#224
Holly.88 Member How Do You Identify?: Male and Unc to my God Son Preferred Pronoun?: Him, he, and 'hey, handsome' :P Relationship Status: She said "Yes!" Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: NOLA Posts: 285 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 230 Thanked 654 Times in 224 Posts Rep Power: 3156406	Close! But no cigar.

07-11-2011, 06:10 PM	#227
girl_dee Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: dee Relationship Status: Hitched up Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Livin’ the Dream Posts: 24,079 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 30,560 Thanked 54,847 Times in 13,915 Posts Rep Power: 21474873	cheapskate... "tighter than a crab's ass"

07-12-2011, 12:53 PM	#230
JAGG Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: JAGG Relationship Status: =) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tulsa (cat free zone) Posts: 6,093 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 18,651 Thanked 17,531 Times in 4,137 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	more 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. __________________ I don't want to spend my life with someone I can live with, I want to spend my life with someone I can't live without.

07-12-2011, 06:09 PM	#231
Dante Member How Do You Identify?: Stone Butch Top Preferred Pronoun?: Hym Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: So. Calif. Posts: 419 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,248 Thanked 496 Times in 206 Posts Rep Power: 3481782	Let's make like the wind and blow ... __________________ Goooooooo LAKERS !!!!!!

07-12-2011, 06:20 PM	#232
Holly.88 Member How Do You Identify?: Male and Unc to my God Son Preferred Pronoun?: Him, he, and 'hey, handsome' :P Relationship Status: She said "Yes!" Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: NOLA Posts: 285 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 230 Thanked 654 Times in 224 Posts Rep Power: 3156406	Ah shucks!

07-13-2011, 11:22 AM	#233
JAGG Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: JAGG Relationship Status: =) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tulsa (cat free zone) Posts: 6,093 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 18,651 Thanked 17,531 Times in 4,137 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	again 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. __________________ I don't want to spend my life with someone I can live with, I want to spend my life with someone I can't live without.

07-13-2011, 01:45 PM	#234
Holly.88 Member How Do You Identify?: Male and Unc to my God Son Preferred Pronoun?: Him, he, and 'hey, handsome' :P Relationship Status: She said "Yes!" Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: NOLA Posts: 285 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 230 Thanked 654 Times in 224 Posts Rep Power: 3156406	Let's ditch this popsicle stand.

07-13-2011, 02:51 PM	#235
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 5,214 Times in 1,147 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	I don't think I've used this one yet... Chinwag - –verb 1. to chat idly; gossip. –noun 2. an idle chat; gossiping. __________________ 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

07-13-2011, 03:12 PM	#236
sharkchomp Member How Do You Identify?: TG/stone butch Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Knoxville Posts: 426 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 419 Thanked 1,343 Times in 309 Posts Rep Power: 9701638	'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~~~~~~ __________________ take a fish boating

07-13-2011, 03:23 PM	#237
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 5,214 Times in 1,147 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	give your head a wobble - to ask someone to re-think what they have said __________________ 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

07-13-2011, 07:20 PM	#238
SoftSilver Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: rose cottage Posts: 5,592 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 8,948 Thanked 15,907 Times in 4,062 Posts Rep Power*: 21474857	my momma use to say... If I said "Mom, I'm hungry!" Momma would say "go upstairs and eat a dead monkey..." __________________ Pole bachit, a lis chuye. The field sees, the forest hears

07-13-2011, 07:33 PM	#239
DoReMiFemme Member How Do You Identify?: Femme. Preferred Pronoun?: She, Her, Hey Lady! Join Date: May 2011 Location: The Desert, CA Posts: 206 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 486 Thanked 531 Times in 159 Posts Rep Power: 14218584	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.

07-13-2011, 09:58 PM	#240
Gráinne Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Neither, nada, out of the box Preferred Pronoun?: My name always works Relationship Status: Happy whatever happens Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Little Rock Posts: 1,864 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,113 Thanked 7,382 Times in 1,456 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	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 __________________ The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one. ~Erma Bombeck

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