I am an English-as-a-second-language poster, so my exposure to English is way more concentrated than that of many native speakers here.
Which has good and not-so-good sides. One good side is that I seem to reckon that there are “newish” expressions that I haven’t heard before (or not much).
Having said that: it seems to mee, “chap my hide” is an expression that I haven’t heard much (if any) some 3 months ago, but probably read 5-10 times in the past few months here …
so, is it “my personal observation bias” or are there fashonable expressions on SDMB that ebb and flow?
I don’t think I’ve ever noticed that expression used outside of a John Wayne parody, but it does clock with a population that is predominantly older men slowly embracing their inner codger.
The uptick I really noticed recently is the old-timey “folk” to mean (plural) people. “Folks” for me usually meant parents and (singular) “folk” was never used as a noun.
Sounds more like an old expression from western movies and TV shows from the 50s and 60s. I can recall the expression chaps my ass from that time period, so chaps my hide would be a equivalent, more polite variation that you would see on tv.
Is it tied to one or two specific users? Maybe we could arrange an interdiction for them before they start darn tootin and dagnammitting uncontrollably all over the board.
Yeah, it’s a pretty standard, if not old-timey, expression. I tend to use “grinds my gears” more these days, but that may be Family Guy-influenced. See also: “gets my goat,” “frosts my cookies,” and “burns my biscuits.” They all have this folksy whimsy to them.