Posted on 02/01/2019 9:26:57 PM PST by vannrox
no time is perfect but most of us came home from school and were safe and well fed...not steak, but plenty of meatloaf and spaghetti...
I love words and expressions....
"its raining cats and dogs"..
"mind your p's and q's"
Dat be racist.
Well I’ll be a blue nosed gopher, you’ve sure found a lot of those obsolete words & phrases!
Great post...LOL
For later.....
Cattywampus. Had to think of one....
“I’m feeling gay today!”
Bodacious
Say what?
Nice list of “our words” from a time and world we would wish on our kids and grandkids.
However, if I were to say “I’ll be a monkey’s uncle”, that would imply that I’m related to Maxine Waters. NO WAY JOSE!
I’d have to be “plastered” just to think about that, in my cups, Ripple Time.
Going Lickety-split..
Lesbians have possibly stolen that one.
#8. re “I’m feeling gay today”.
Marvin, you are Gay every day.
Gay is no longer used according to the dictionary definition. It’s not even a word with a double meaning. Nowadays gay means homosexual and only homosexual.
Off topic but shows how words can change their definition if forced by pressure groups.
Pressure groups drove out the use of the word Negro. Negro was replaced by black. Jesse Jackson made a speech in which he said we should speak of African American people, and all.of a sudden, everyone in the media started using that term.
We aren’t allowed to say colored people, but people of color is acceptable.
Keep on truckin’
My wife’s grandmother botched that one up and the word has stayed in the family.
She called it Vobacious. Means really big.
Remember those two cartoon chipmunks Chip & Dale?
They were always agreeing with each other.
Chip would say something, and Dale would say ‘Indubitably!”
They were hilarious and taught me that word.
“Don’t put that bee in her bonnet!”
meaning, ‘don’t put that idea in her head.”
I recall when seeing the phrase “Made In Japan” was worth a grin. I was presumed that the item was poorly made.
Then....the 70’s happened. General Motors and Ford were never quite the same again. The Labor Union used to hit Japanese made cars with hammers the moment they saw on in the company parking lot.
Colored was not in common use AFAIK other than in the formerly segregated areas.
I am too old to follow fashions, so piss on tehm if i use the polite terms I grew up with.
Some Hollyweird homo better get to sound editing "Stalag 17" right now!
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