# More Archaic Phrases **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 21, 2010, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-archaic-phrases/540239 "2010-05-21T12:10:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-archaic-phrases/540239/1 "2010-05-21T12:10:51Z")
“It’s a _ruse_! We’ve been _hoodwinked_!” ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-archaic-phrases/540239/2 "2010-05-21T12:19:59Z")
“Heavens to Betsy. What in tarnation?” ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-archaic-phrases/540239/3 "2010-05-21T12:21:48Z")
“Ruse” is archaic? I do live in archaic parts. I’ve heard all of those spoken, not in humor. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-archaic-phrases/540239/4 "2010-05-21T12:22:35Z")
“That guy is a _heel_.” ---
**Author:** ![davey77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@davey77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davey77)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-archaic-phrases/540239/5 "2010-05-21T12:27:36Z")
Oh, forever more… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-archaic-phrases/540239/6 "2010-05-21T12:48:24Z")
“Lord a mercy. Well, I do declare!” ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-archaic-phrases/540239/7 "2010-05-21T13:10:27Z")
“What are you, fresh?” ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-archaic-phrases/540239/8 "2010-05-21T13:12:19Z")
“Goodness gracious!” ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-archaic-phrases/540239/9 "2010-05-21T14:32:26Z")
Well I’ll be jabbed with a pitch fork! ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-archaic-phrases/540239/10 "2010-05-21T14:34:58Z")
“Your mother smelled of elderberries and your father drives a pickle wagon!” ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-archaic-phrases/540239/11 "2010-05-21T14:37:17Z")
This thread is the bee’s knees. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-archaic-phrases/540239/12 "2010-05-21T14:44:43Z")
“Groovy!” “Huzzah!” I’m trying to bring both of those back. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-archaic-phrases/540239/13 "2010-05-21T14:46:35Z")
Twenty-three skidoo! BMOC ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-archaic-phrases/540239/14 "2010-05-21T14:47:48Z")
The comic strip [Pickles](http://www.gocomics.com/pickles) has been riffing on this all week. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-archaic-phrases/540239/15 "2010-05-21T14:49:29Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > “Huzzah!” > > I’m trying to bring both of those back. 🙂 My 4 year old son went to Fort York (a hostoric site of a war of 1812-era fort in Toronto) and was very impressed with the “soldiers” dressed in period uniforms there. The ‘soldiers’ had the kids drilling with muskets, showed them demostrations, etc. When he came back, he solemly announced that, when charging the enemy with bayonets, the proper thing to do is to shout “Huzzah!”. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-archaic-phrases/540239/16 "2010-05-21T14:54:57Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > My 4 year old son went to Fort York (a hostoric site of a war of 1812-era fort in Toronto) and was very impressed with the “soldiers” dressed in period uniforms there. The ‘soldiers’ had the kids drilling with muskets, showed them demostrations, etc. > > When he came back, he solemly announced that, when charging the enemy with bayonets, the proper thing to do is to shout “Huzzah!”. Smart kid! You’ll be in good shape if the Redcoats take another crack at us. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-archaic-phrases/540239/17 "2010-05-21T14:57:03Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > Smart kid! You’ll be in good shape if the Redcoats take another crack at us. 😉 Other way around. 😛 [Toronto is in Canada; he’d be drilling with the Redcoats, or rather with the colonial militia, against the hated Yank invaders] ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-archaic-phrases/540239/18 "2010-05-21T14:59:58Z")
What a maroon! What kind of hijinks have you been up to? Pshaw you say? Why, I oughta pound you! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-archaic-phrases/540239/19 "2010-05-21T15:03:35Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > This thread is the bee’s knees. Ya done good, buddy boy. Now beat it. Sincerely, -Daddy-O ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-archaic-phrases/540239/20 "2010-05-21T15:08:00Z")
> [@Philster](#): > > Why, I oughta pound you! Put the kibosh on that talk and hit bricks, pal. Or I’ll run you in. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-archaic-phrases/540239.md?page=2)