Old-Fashioned Words and Phrases

Gentle Tiger · 07-08-2011, 08:43 AM

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

MissPriss · 07-08-2011, 09:50 AM

That dog dont hunt!

Useless as tits on a bore hog.

and my favorite.....

Colder than a well diggers A beep

Dante · 07-08-2011, 12:42 PM

as snug as a bug in a rug ...

Gentle Tiger · 07-11-2011, 12:33 AM

smack dab in the middle

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 ...

Ms. Meander · 07-13-2011, 02:51 PM

Chinwag -

–verb
1. to chat idly; gossip.

–noun
2. an idle chat; gossiping.

07-08-2011, 08:43 AM	#1
Gentle Tiger Moderator How Do You Identify?: As a Tiger of course Preferred Pronoun?: Not the Old Man Relationship Status: Two Tigers Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Northern California Posts: 7,492 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 18,001 Thanked 15,990 Times in 3,992 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	knee high to a grasshopper. "I've known that child since they were knee high to a grasshopper. __________________ Please like

07-08-2011, 12:42 PM	#3
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	as snug as a bug in a rug ... __________________ Goooooooo LAKERS !!!!!!

07-11-2011, 12:33 AM	#4
Gentle Tiger Moderator How Do You Identify?: As a Tiger of course Preferred Pronoun?: Not the Old Man Relationship Status: Two Tigers Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Northern California Posts: 7,492 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 18,001 Thanked 15,990 Times in 3,992 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	smack dab in the middle __________________ Please like

07-11-2011, 05:51 AM	#6
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 4,746 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	#7
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 !!!!!!

07-08-2011, 09:50 AM	#2
MissPriss Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: only lasting realtionship I have is with my job, my gun and my truck. Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Tennessee Posts: 566 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 789 Thanked 580 Times in 259 Posts Rep Power: 2223294	That dog dont hunt! Useless as tits on a bore hog. and my favorite..... Colder than a well diggers A beep

07-11-2011, 12:46 AM	#5
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: 3156407	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!

07-13-2011, 02:51 PM	#8
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: 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