Old-Fashioned Words and Phrases - Page 2

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!

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

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.

DoReMiFemme · 06-15-2011, 06:58 PM

"Going steady."

D'awww.

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.

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.

Jett · 06-15-2011, 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ms. Meander

caddywhompus - crooked, broken, bent, sideways, damaged

* I sat on my glasses and now they are all caddywhompus.

haha yes... and the ever (no longer) popular kittywampus

Mister Bent · 06-15-2011, 07:29 PM

What in the Sam Hill?!

Sam Hill is an American English slang phrase, a euphemism or minced oath for "the devil" or "hell" personified (as in, "What in the Sam Hill is that?"). Etymologist Michael Quinion and others date the expression back to the late 1830s
(Wikipedia)

Criminy!

UofMfan · 06-15-2011, 07:35 PM

Oopsy-daisy

Mister Bent · 06-15-2011, 07:37 PM

Cretin

(from the French)

Chancie · 06-15-2011, 07:48 PM

And don't take any wooden nickels.

There is no canoodling in class.

Oh, for Pete's sake. <-- where Pete got her nickname

06-15-2011, 05:39 PM	#21
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 29,299 Times in 6,640 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	For the love of Pete........... not Chancies Pete __________________ "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)

06-15-2011, 05:41 PM	#22
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06-15-2011, 05:44 PM	#24
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 29,299 Times in 6,640 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	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)

06-15-2011, 05:53 PM	#25
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 687 Times in 224 Posts Rep Power: 5173240	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 958 Times in 198 Posts Rep Power: 8571020	from my other mama, just the other day... "Amanda are you still 'pining'?" __________________ “purple does something strange to me” -charles bukowski

06-15-2011, 06:23 PM	#27
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: 10751730	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.

06-15-2011, 06:37 PM	#28
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06-15-2011, 06:40 PM	#29
Glenn Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Northwest Wind and Lake Michigan Preferred Pronoun?: Paesano Relationship Status: Solo Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Posts: 1,546 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,597 Thanked 3,732 Times in 1,096 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	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

06-15-2011, 06:58 PM	#31
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 533 Times in 159 Posts Rep Power: 14218582	"Going steady." D'awww.

06-15-2011, 07:02 PM	#32
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 5,223 Times in 1,150 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	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

06-15-2011, 07:03 PM	#33
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06-15-2011, 07:29 PM	#37
Mister Bent Senior Member How Do You Identify?: . Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: . Posts: 2,905 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,151 Thanked 5,831 Times in 1,721 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	personal fave What in the Sam Hill?! Sam Hill is an American English slang phrase, a euphemism or minced oath for "the devil" or "hell" personified (as in, "What in the Sam Hill is that?"). Etymologist Michael Quinion and others date the expression back to the late 1830s (Wikipedia) Criminy! __________________ Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. - H. L. Mencken

06-15-2011, 07:35 PM	#38
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Mister Bent Senior Member How Do You Identify?: . Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: . Posts: 2,905 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,151 Thanked 5,831 Times in 1,721 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	so descriptive Cretin (from the French) __________________ Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. - H. L. Mencken

06-15-2011, 07:48 PM	#40
Chancie Senior Member How Do You Identify?: queer femme-inist Relationship Status: I'm lucky. Join Date: May 2010 Location: Western Mass Posts: 3,694 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,208 Thanked 14,346 Times in 2,667 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	expressions I use in class quite frequently And don't take any wooden nickels. There is no canoodling in class. Oh, for Pete's sake. <-- where Pete got her nickname