Some synonyms for groovy (courtesy of Psycho Beach Party):
Switched on
The living end
Even further back:
Now we’re cooking with gas!
I’ll be a monkey’s uncle!
For greetings, I prefer Howdy to Hi. That one is more regional than temporal in its oddity.
Put a flea in his ear - old-fashioned for light a fire under him.
I think that we all can agree upon the fact that the word gay no longer carries one whit of its original meaning.
“Why, I oughta…”
“Why, for two red cents I’d…”
“Listen up, you mugs…”
“Get out of my chair, you.”
“How do you like that guy?”
“And how!”
“Oh, brother!”
“Geez, lady…”
“It’s your dime, shoot.”
“Don’t have a kiniption.”
Well, dog my cats!
Neato-jet!
…coming down the pike
Ah, can of corn!
He’s a stone fox.
Boss bananas!
Peachy keen.
Hey RazzBaronZ! Peachy isn’t dead yet, not as long as I’m still here. And I’m only 14, keeping the last generation alive, oh yeah.
Oh my stars, I haven’t heard some of these since Hector was a pup. Dust off these gems and go Gallagher!
You could always greet your pals with hey you cats and kittens! or, in the case of a singular friend, what’s up, buttercup?
Don’t drink too much when you’re stepping out, or you might get tight. Watch out for that hootch.
And by all means, start referring to women as skirts. We really dig that. In all seriousness, don’t be surprised if the woman tells you to go way back and sit down.
You know, I like this thread, but I’m having a deuce of a time thinking of anything to contribute.
I know you are, but what am I?
Yes, we have no bananas.
As the crow flies…
Haven’t seen you in a dawg’s age.
The corn’s knee high by the fourth of July.
This one sounds funny (say it out loud) because of it’s cadence…it also sounds like some code: Mares eat oats and Does eat oats and Little Lambs eat ivy.
Going jazz band dancing two by each down Broadway.
Shucks. My brain’s a buzzin’ but I can’t think no more.
Did ya see what they did on the radio last night?
blackguard
whippersnapper
scoundrel
cad
I get even more ancient than that- I may be the last person standing to use “perchance” in regular conversation!
How about “good grief!”
Here’s an official Canadian word, most popular in the Thirties and Fourties - “skookum” meaning big, or strong “Ten pounds?! That’s a pretty skookum kid!”
Goodness gracious I was so bumfuzzled by all of these sayings, I had forgotten hissy fits. My cousin always threw them…I never did, of course …actually my cousin went beyond hissy fits…she would have (surname) fits.
When asked by my grandaddy how much I loved him, it was always a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck.
Does anyone lollygag around anymore?
Are kids still told to go get their own hickory when it is time for punishment?
Or, an even more modern version is “I’ll swallow if you’ll …”
Gee whiz, this thread makes me so cross.
Well, not really. 