[franksolich]

The above's only an excerpt; the examples are at the link. I hope this is of interest.

[franksolich]

ping for the list.

[fieldmarshaldj]

"If he is a fool, he is said not to know dung from honey."

Kinda like our current dictator, and his vice-dictator.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Interesting. I knew some of these -- maybe because they came to be more generally used in the Midwest. Others? Forget about it! I do like "bathing his countenance." I might start using that myself.

A very colorful language. I read some of Mencken's The American Language years ago. I wonder if he included any of this.

[bcsco]

“Wide ‘spot’ in the road” is used here in the Midwest. It’s an old saying.

I have a book Called “A Dictionary of the Old West” by Peter Watts. It has all kinds of words and sayings from the West over its 374 pages. For example: “Put on the morral”. It’s just another way of saying “Put on the feed-bag” or “noes-bag”. In effect, “To eat”.

Here’s another: “Churn twister” was a cowboy term for farmer.

And, one more: “Nebraska (or Kansas) brick”. It was squares of prairie turf used in building a “soddy”.

All kinds of stuff, Frank...

[GeronL]

I have always been interested in word origins and stuff like that