Posted on 01/08/2019 3:57:41 AM PST by sodpoodle
Yes, you’re right, it’s not really comparable. I really meant that colloquialisms and slang phrases often have more sexual referents than we might realize. That’s different from being graphically obvious, though.
Between the lost prurience of “in like Flynn” and the in-your-face ick of “hot AF,” there are usages such as praising a person by saying that he (or she) “has a pair.” Get a dictionary, people. We have pages of excellent words that clearly describe the qualities you can’t bother to specify!
Yes, I do remember. I always liked James Coburn.
Yes, you’re absolutely right.
Down in the boonies of southern York County where we moved to when i was a kid, the folks were Scotch-Irish. Mostly Presbyterians or Methodist. They still used colloquialisms from the olde country. Something big or impressive was said to be “right smart”. That was a right smart storm we had last night.
That and a dime will get you a cup of coffee.
Put it to music.
Blame it on Ishkabibble.
bfl
A whippersnapper was a young kid with a toy whip that had a cord on the end that snapped or popped or cracked if you flipped the whip correctly. The term “cracker” was coined by black slaves referring to the overseer who usually carried a whip, and frequently “cracked” it to demonstrate his power.
We have been Hornswoggled
An answer my father would sometimes give when I wanted something that was a bit too expensive was “People in hell want snowballs too!”.
The ones I really miss are ‘please’ and ‘thank you’, with ‘sir’ and ‘ma’am’ not far behind.
Balls to the wall (nothing to do with boy parts)
Not worth a tinker's hoot (sometimes a tinker's damn, not sure which was more valuable)
I may have devolved into phrases rather than words.
How about “it’s a Kodak moment”?
May I dare say “That’s a bunch of Malarkey”.
So what am I? Chopped liver? (Just heard last week in K-Mart)
I like to use “groovy”.
Rapscallion
I’m 150 years old
Cripes, old sod. You gotta be joshing me. Has your noodle gone soft? Shake out the cobwebs, old pal.
The other day I told my young smoking hot personal trainer I was feeling all stove up. She had no idea what I meant.
She’s a dish, though. A real tomato with a set of pins like nobody’s business. Hubba hubba!
The collective noun for whales is a pod.
for sheep, a flock.
for wolves, a pack.
for geese, a gaggle.
for children?
A lollygaggle, of course!
Or “who pulled your string?”
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