Love these old phrases, they seem to stick in the back of my “craw.” Ha-ha
RAy, we need to use them now and then, to keep them in the vocabulary of the times. How about these?
Blunderbuss - A gun with a flared muzzle or disorganized activity.
Brouhaha - An uproar.
Cantankerous - Testy, grumpy.
Donnybrook - An melee, a riot.
Doozy - Something really great.
Filibuster - Refusal to give up the floor in a debate to prevent a vote.
Flibbertigibbet - Nonsense, balderdash.
Fuddy-duddy - An old-fashioned, mild-mannered person.
Goombah - An older friend who protects you.
Hocus-pocus - Deceitful sleight of hand.
Hoosegow - A jail or prison.
Hootenanny - A country or folk music get-together.
Ice-box- refrigerator
La-di-da - An interjection indicating that something is pretentious.
Lickety-split - As fast as possible.
Lickspittle - A servile person, a toady.
Lollygag - To move slowly, fall behind.
Malarkey - Nonsense, balderdash.
Maverick - A loner, someone outside the box.
Mollycoddle - To treat too leniently.
Mugwump - An independent politician who does not follow any party.
Namby-pamby - Weak, with no backbone.
Nincompoop - A foolish person.
Ornery - Mean, nasty, grumpy.
Rambunctious - Aggressive, hard to control
Rigmarole - Nonsense, unnecessary complexity.
Shenanigan - A prank, mischief.
Skallywag-scoundrel
Skedaddle - To hurry somewhere.
Skullduggery - No good, underhanded dealing.
Tom Foolery-Practical jokes
Troglodyte - Someone or something that lives in a cave.
Yahoo - A rube, a country bumpkin.