Old-Fashioned Words and Phrases

Julien · 06-15-2011, 05:19 PM

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

Corkey · 06-15-2011, 05:32 PM

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

wolfbittenpoet · 06-15-2011, 05:37 PM

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

Corkey · 06-15-2011, 05:39 PM

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

Mr.Nobody · 06-15-2011, 05:41 PM

Please...and thank you

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".

femmedyke · 06-15-2011, 06:17 PM

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

swan · 06-15-2011, 06:23 PM

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.

Hollylane · 06-15-2011, 06:37 PM

As Grandpa Charlie used to say:

"Oh Godfrey!"

Glenn · 06-15-2011, 06:40 PM

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

DoReMiFemme · 06-15-2011, 06:58 PM

"Going steady."

D'awww.

DapperButch · 06-15-2011, 07:03 PM

"Lady friend"

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

tapu · 06-15-2011, 07:12 PM

Gentleman caller

DapperButch · 06-15-2011, 07:13 PM

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

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

CherryFemme · 06-19-2011, 12:44 AM

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

06-15-2011, 05:19 PM	#1
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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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femmedyke Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: she, her Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: mostly in my head Posts: 396 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 638 Thanked 957 Times in 198 Posts Rep Power: 8571021	from my other mama, just the other day... "Amanda are you still 'pining'?" __________________ “purple does something strange to me” -charles bukowski

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swan Member How Do You Identify?: femme Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: I see cactus... all around.... Posts: 225 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 583 Thanked 727 Times in 198 Posts Rep Power: 10751732	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.

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Glenn Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Ol butch bones. Preferred Pronoun?: Old thing Relationship Status: Too old to play. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: :rolleyes: Posts: 1,547 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,602 Thanked 3,729 Times in 1,095 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	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 __________________ 1 Kings 19:12

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06-19-2011, 12:44 AM	#20
CherryFemme Member How Do You Identify?: .... Relationship Status: On good days, in love. On bad days--well, there are no bad days with hym... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Leeward Posts: 129 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 134 Thanked 246 Times in 60 Posts Rep Power: 1211854	Well of Loneliness 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