My friends and I want to use old phrases for fun. We’ve been walking around NYC saying “Hello Sunshine!” to everyone we know.
Here’s a short list of phrases I am aware of that are old and funny. Feel free to add.
tuckered out = tired
nice = peachy
darling = sunshine
chill = hold your horses
sh*t = goodness gracious
don’t talk back = don’t be fresh
I’m fine = I’m swell
also, for formerly vulgar expressions of surprise or shock, try “Well, I swan!”
“Heavens to Betsy” and “my foot” can also be used in the same sense.
Corr, who’s inordinately fond of “Heckfar!”
SIR you have offended my honour , I demand satisfaction (usually acompanied by a pistol duel) = I want to kick you f*cking ass
Welcome Razz. What you do at this point is prostrate yourself, beg for forgiveness and ask a Mod. to move your thread to the forumn which you intended–MPSIMS.
There is no question here.
(best said in a nasal 1940s accent)
“Hey there sonny boy, watch it with the rough stuff!”
Take this post and 23-skiddo!
Er… get out of here.
Of always like the phrases that are Euphemisms for cursing(or just plain taking the lords name in vain)
The one I’ve never understood was:
“Oh for the love of pete”
Usually these phrases just use stuff that sounds similar(eg. “Daggnabbit!” or “oh fudge”) but who the hell is pete?
Pete’s a big VIP in Heaven. You know, he’s the guy at the front gate with the keys?
And in the OP, which of each pair of phrases is supposed to be the outdated one?
How about “It’s the Bee’s Knees”?
Off to MPSIMS.
bibliophage
moderator GQ
Once when somebody asked me to do something (at work) I said:
“Very well, I shall attend to it shortly”
Ah, the laffs…
<Abraham Simpson>
The metric system is the tool of the Devil!
My car gets fourty rods to the hogs headd! And thats the way I likes it!
</Abraham Simpson>
I don’t know about y’all, but I think this thread is the cat’s pajamas.
What a Polish fire drill . . .
Let’s go out tonight and paint the town red!
GROOVY – In its day, it was almost as versatile as F*ck is today. Just add an Its, I’m, you’re, etc. You could drop the Y and add “IN”. Man, you were set.
In the same accent,
“Say, what gives?”
I like saying that things are “jake” with me.
I like calling coffee “Joe”
I often excuse myself to either “see a man about a horse” or “powder my nose”.
That is a beautiful lavalier
lavalier n : a jewelled pendant worn on a chain around the neck
A senior adult friend of mine used the word and I wasn’t sure whether to mark it as dementia or not…so I looked the word up.
Oh, ratzenfatzenpackalumas.
I’m not sure of that’s old or just a momily.
[sub]:sigh: This thread reminds me of Eve. Eve? Where are you?[/sub]
My grandmother occasionally says “I’ll dance at your wedding if you’ll…”
This is the equivalent of "I’ll be your best friend if you (insert favor here). I just like “I’ll dance at your wedding” so much more.