Lost Words from our Childhood

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[ResisTyr]

“He’s got more (blank) than you can shake a stick at!” :)

[ResisTyr]

"Put THAT in your pipe and smoke it!" (That one might just survive, in this world of legalized weed. 😁)

[ResisTyr]

"Holy Moley" I still use "Holy Mackerel" in place of "Holy $#!T" sometimes. Seems the latter may NEVER go out of style! 😂

[Jack Hammer]

Tell that to the Marines.

[ResisTyr]

My dad would refer to blacks as "colored" & he didn't have a racist bone in his body. It's my opinion that all this "word policing" nowadays is pretty ridiculous. With all due respect, why do young blacks refer to each as the "N" word, but it's almost thought to be criminal, shoukd anyone else utter that word White people don't go around calling each ither "Crackers," so why do blacks "N" with each other? Is it meant to be demeaning, offensive or endearing. Just curious. 😉

[Windflier]

My dad would refer to blacks as "colored" & he didn't have a racist bone in his body.

I believe you. We once called ourselves 'colored', as well, but the term is long out of favor.

...why do young blacks refer to each as the "N" word, but it's almost thought to be criminal, shoukd anyone else utter that word

It's kind of a case of 'when life hands you lemons...'. Blacks turned the term around to make fun of each other, but it still stung when whites used it.

For the record, most blacks seldom, if ever, use the word.

[trebb]

Egads and Gadzooks!

[just me]

When we did something stupid my dad would say 'that'll learn ya. 😃

[MayflowerMadam]

My Mom still says, “Well, doesn’t that just rot your socks!” (make you mad). Also, “My stars and garters!” when she was surprised.

[jeffc]

Made In Japan is my all-time favorite live album (and I'm a big Zep fan)...

[TheNext]

Never discriminate against race.

But always discrimnate against Democrats.

[oldvirginian]

“Cute, but NO 75 year old would know what a jalopy was, nor use that term today, unless she watched old movies from the 1930s!”

I’m a decade younger than that and grew up hearing jalopy used regularly. I still use it.
Heck, my spell check even recognized it!

I saw “Kilroy was here” on many of the old WW2 movies that were made in the 50’s and 60’s. I never knew about the hands and nose drawing until I read about it long after I reached adulthood.

[oldvirginian]

Catty-corner is one I miss.

[oldvirginian]

“We aren’t allowed to say colored people, but people of color is acceptable.”

Redd Foxx used to do a bit that was pretty funny.
“For over a hundred years we were naggers. Then people started calling us colored. Then it changed to black. Now people want to call us African Americans. People need to slow down. I’m just getting used to being colored”.

[SueRae]

That post is ‘the bee’s knees’

[MomwithHope]

I can contribute- Hunkydory and Hoosegow

[Vermont Lt]

Dude, 75 is old to anyone not 80.

[SueRae]

Hahaha.... I use catty corner. Y husband is from Minnesota. They say kitty corner!

Spinnng a car around the snow ( back in the days of rear wheel drive) was called ‘doing doughnuts’
He calls I sing cookies. :)

[SueRae]

Auto spell really messed me up there. In Minnesota my husband called spinning a car around in the snow ‘doing cookies’

[Windflier]

Never discriminate against race. But always discrimnate against Democrats.

I like that. It's what they already do to me.