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May 05, 2015 12:38PM
Back in the 'sixties I spoke hotrod, but now I don't remember any of it except "dual quads 'n headers." I think the Pontiac GTO had a six-pack.
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Another good one my grandparents and parents used a lot was "Cool as a cucumber."
I'm 51 but was raised in a small town not up on trends so I'll contribute here.
In the south in the 90's I heard a phrase that I understand was old: "Bless her heart she's such a..." typically the next word would be an insult if said directly.
Another southern one that I understand is old: "Don't be ugly." (Which means don't behave badly.)
Back in the Midwest:
"Do you want to come with?" (no you.)
"Howdy." (Hee Haw was doing well on TV after all.)
I hardly hear this anymore but I think it's were I live: "Sunday Dinner" (not supper which is what all the other late afternoon to early evening meals are called. Dinner was somewhere around 2 or 3 in the afternoon and family spent hours together "visiting.")
"He's not the sharpest crayon in the box." (Could be a she also.)
"My get up and go, got up and went."
"It hurts like the dickens." (Not sure if this meant Dickens like the author or not.)
"Take your coat off and stay a while." (Even if not wearing a coat.)
"Please write." (Actual letters mailed with an envelop and a stamp.)
We "dialed someone up" instead of "calling someone." The phones actually had a circular dial that spun around. We had that kind of phone until late in my High School Years.
In the south in the 90's I heard a phrase that I understand was old: "Bless her heart she's such a..." typically the next word would be an insult if said directly.
Another southern one that I understand is old: "Don't be ugly." (Which means don't behave badly.)
Back in the Midwest:
"Do you want to come with?" (no you.)
"Howdy." (Hee Haw was doing well on TV after all.)
I hardly hear this anymore but I think it's were I live: "Sunday Dinner" (not supper which is what all the other late afternoon to early evening meals are called. Dinner was somewhere around 2 or 3 in the afternoon and family spent hours together "visiting.")
"He's not the sharpest crayon in the box." (Could be a she also.)
"My get up and go, got up and went."
"It hurts like the dickens." (Not sure if this meant Dickens like the author or not.)
"Take your coat off and stay a while." (Even if not wearing a coat.)
"Please write." (Actual letters mailed with an envelop and a stamp.)
We "dialed someone up" instead of "calling someone." The phones actually had a circular dial that spun around. We had that kind of phone until late in my High School Years.
Sienna wrote: "I'm 51 but was raised in a small town not up on trends so I'll contribute here.
In the south in the 90's I heard a phrase that I understand was old: "Bless her heart she's such a..." typically the..."
Re howdy: If it was "how-dee," it was a Minnie Pearl trademark. Yep, a Southern thing.
In the south in the 90's I heard a phrase that I understand was old: "Bless her heart she's such a..." typically the..."
Re howdy: If it was "how-dee," it was a Minnie Pearl trademark. Yep, a Southern thing.
This probably doesn't fit but I was talking to my mom today and she was upset (not at me) and said, "It just burns my tush!" I was like...what? But I liked it and may it use at some point myself.
Not sure a couple a' wise guys would be talkin' bout panties unless dey was bein' ironical and such. You get me? Maybe "Cool it" or "Stay cool" or "Cool your jets" or "Whoa, put on your brakes," like that. That would be jake. You know, for a couple of mooks. OK, doll? ;-)
K.C. wrote: "Not sure a couple a' wise guys would be talkin' bout panties unless dey was bein' ironical and such. You get me? Maybe "Cool it" or "Stay cool" or "Cool your jets" or "Whoa, put on your brakes," li..."Dis guy gets it.
K.C. wrote: "That would be jake. You know, for a couple of mooks. OK, doll?"That's the shizzle.
