Old-Fashioned Words and Phrases

Ms. Meander · 06-15-2011, 10:22 AM

They don't make 'em like they used to! What are some of your favorites?

fisticuffs - combat with the fists

* The participants could not resolve their differences and the debate ended in fisticuffs.

(old fashioned – [noun] a cocktail made with whiskey, bitters, water, and sugar, and garnished with citrus-fruit slices and a cherry.)

Sparkle · 06-15-2011, 10:42 AM

"Patch me through"

gotoseagrl · 06-15-2011, 10:53 AM

Unbeknownst

Mr.Nobody · 06-15-2011, 11:01 AM

courting...

Hollylane · 06-15-2011, 11:02 AM

From my recent(last night) brush with Andy Griffith:

Sheriff Andy Taylor:

"I don't know why I am always gettin' my britches caught on my own pitchfork!"

Ms. Meander · 06-15-2011, 11:40 AM

caddywhompus - crooked, broken, bent, sideways, damaged

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

Hollylane · 06-15-2011, 11:42 AM

A true statement about my Hayden, from his mother, who was full of these:

"You move so slow, dead lice wouldn't fall of you!"

Deborah · 06-15-2011, 11:56 AM

my mother's favorite to just about anything my sister would do; "you're slower than molasses in January"

Ms. Meander · 06-15-2011, 12:05 PM

Trousers

*as in, pants

OR (better yet):

the phrase, "All talk and no trousers" - Blustering and boastful, showing off without having the qualities to justify it.
(I must credit Sparkle with bringing this use of trousers into my daily lexicon)

gotoseagrl · 06-17-2011, 01:06 PM

betwixt - in the space which separates

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!

Ms. Meander · 06-16-2011, 07:04 AM

weatherboi · 06-16-2011, 11:06 AM

dizzy with a Dame!!!

very much in love

The_Lady_Snow · 06-16-2011, 11:14 AM

That boy has me on cloud nine!!

lillith · 06-16-2011, 12:29 PM

Honeychild....please!

weatherboi · 06-16-2011, 12:46 PM

What's your story, morning glory?

Ms. Meander · 06-16-2011, 07:32 AM

bad hat - someone who deliberately stirs up trouble

*I won't give an example lest I get myself in trouble, and come off like a bad hat.*

Nina · 06-16-2011, 07:52 AM

I also say:

'good egg'

and use the expression:

'I love you more than salt' (which is from an old fable/folk tale)

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.

06-15-2011, 10:22 AM	#1
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	Old-Fashioned Words and Phrases They don't make 'em like they used to! What are some of your favorites? fisticuffs - combat with the fists * The participants could not resolve their differences and the debate ended in fisticuffs. (old fashioned – [noun] a cocktail made with whiskey, bitters, water, and sugar, and garnished with citrus-fruit slices and a cherry.) __________________ 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, 10:42 AM	#2
Sparkle Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, please Relationship Status: Loved Up Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Western MA Posts: 2,183 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,001 Thanked 6,624 Times in 1,561 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	"Patch me through" __________________ I am made of stars

06-15-2011, 10:53 AM	#3
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06-15-2011, 11:01 AM	#4
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06-15-2011, 11:40 AM	#6
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	caddywhompus - crooked, broken, bent, sideways, damaged * I sat on my glasses and now they are all caddywhompus. __________________ 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, 11:02 AM	#5
Hollylane Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: . Preferred Pronoun?: . Relationship Status: . Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: . Posts: 11,495 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 34,694 Thanked 26,373 Times in 5,877 Posts Rep Power: 21474860	From my recent(last night) brush with Andy Griffith: Sheriff Andy Taylor: "I don't know why I am always gettin' my britches caught on my own pitchfork!"

06-15-2011, 11:42 AM	#7
Hollylane Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: . Preferred Pronoun?: . Relationship Status: . Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: . Posts: 11,495 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 34,694 Thanked 26,373 Times in 5,877 Posts Rep Power: 21474860	A true statement about my Hayden, from his mother, who was full of these: "You move so slow, dead lice wouldn't fall of you!"

06-15-2011, 11:56 AM	#8
Deborah Member How Do You Identify?: queer femme Preferred Pronoun?: Babydoll is a start.... Relationship Status: Mrs. Livingston 4/20/2013 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Nashville where my heart belongs... Posts: 611 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,451 Thanked 1,454 Times in 276 Posts Rep Power: 14676214	:rolleyes: my mother's favorite to just about anything my sister would do; "you're slower than molasses in January" __________________ "Slow to trust but I'm quick to love, I push too hard and I give too much, I aint saying I'm perfect, but I promise I'm worth it" "The Good Within Me Honors The Good Within You"

06-15-2011, 12:05 PM	#9
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	Trousers as in, pants* OR (better yet): the phrase, "All talk and no trousers" - Blustering and boastful, showing off without having the qualities to justify it. (I must credit Sparkle with bringing this use of trousers into my daily lexicon) __________________ 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

06-17-2011, 01:06 PM	#10
gotoseagrl Senior Member How Do You Identify?: old-fashioned queer stone submissive girl Preferred Pronoun?: mermaid, very lucky babygirl Relationship Status: Saltwater mermaid ♡ Join Date: May 2010 Location: CA Posts: 2,209 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,192 Thanked 6,116 Times in 1,726 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	betwixt - in the space which separates __________________ Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot. D. H. Lawrence

06-15-2011, 07:29 PM	#12
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

06-16-2011, 07:04 AM	#13
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	"It's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick." __________________ 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

06-16-2011, 11:06 AM	#14
weatherboi Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Owned boy Preferred Pronoun?: Hey boy!!! Relationship Status: counting freckles slowly under Her direction!!! Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: i have 2 sets of geographic coordinates!!! Posts: 6,097 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 26,797 Thanked 12,559 Times in 2,993 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	dizzy with a Dame!!! very much in love __________________

06-16-2011, 11:14 AM	#15
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06-16-2011, 12:29 PM	#16
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	Honeychild....please! __________________ now how can you ignore a dancing pink elephant? and how i so wish it would rain here.

06-16-2011, 12:46 PM	#17
weatherboi Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Owned boy Preferred Pronoun?: Hey boy!!! Relationship Status: counting freckles slowly under Her direction!!! Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: i have 2 sets of geographic coordinates!!! Posts: 6,097 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 26,797 Thanked 12,559 Times in 2,993 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	What's your story, morning glory? __________________

06-16-2011, 07:32 AM	#18
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	(ahem) bad hat - someone who deliberately stirs up trouble I won't give an example lest I get myself* in trouble, and come off like a bad hat.* __________________ 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

06-16-2011, 07:52 AM	#19
Nina Timed Out How Do You Identify?: unmistakably Preferred Pronoun?: dearheart Relationship Status: In love, loved and Happy, thanks for askin' Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: SF CA Posts: 1,720 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,113 Thanked 3,383 Times in 931 Posts Rep Power: 0	I also say: 'good egg' and use the expression: 'I love you more than salt' (which is from an old fable/folk tale)

07-12-2011, 09:10 AM	#20
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 17,545 Times in 4,142 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	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.