More Archaic Phrases

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Please excuse me if I am repeating myself, but:

  1. “Great Caesar’s Ghost!” (I actually said that one day after a fellow high school English lit student mispronounced the word “Fo 'Castle”. (He said “four castle”: It’s “fox-hole” right? :))

  2. “Ye Gods!” (and little fishes)

  3. “I didn’t come here to be insulted!”

Groucho (I think) response: “Well, where do ya usually go?”:slight_smile:

  1. “Operator? Get me the police/what time is it/give me KLONdike 555…!”

Yeah, I know I veered off-topic a little bit there: Movie dialogue right? But I watch a lot of TCM early morning these days, so I hear a lot of that, ya chumps!:smiley:

Love Y’all

Q

42

I’m fresh out of druthers. Would you care for a rat’s ass?

43

Ye gads!
Great honks!
Watch your phraseology!

Well, I never! (I should’ve but I never!)

This thread is the cat’s pajamas. Huzzah!

(I say huzzah all the time. Out loud, even.)

44

If I hear about you running down my friend again, I’ll give you what for.

::shaking fist::

45

Oh, pish-tosh. By the by, your barn door’s open.

46

“Cheez-it, Rocky, it’s the coppers!”

47

“What the Sam Hill is goin’ on here?”

48

“Blast and drats!”

I actually said thisa at work yesterday, we’re not suppose dto curse on the office floor. My cube mate turned her chair slowly toward me. “Did you just say ‘blast and drats’?”

Um…yeah. Yeah I did. blush

49

Oh my god I am so old.

50

You sound like a broken record!

51

“It’s uncanny, I tell you! Uncanny!”

And, while we’re at it,

“WHY must you be so incorrigable???”

“Well, 'scuse ME ma’am, but I always thought I was canny AND corrigable!”

stupid mommy-frigger

Q

52

Haven’t seen it used in years-it is a common term in Mark Twain’s books. Can we revive the use of “scoundrel” please?

53

These phrases are long gone on the sewing machine.

54

Yeah, in more recent years it’s been replaced by terms like “punks” and “thugs”. But ‘scoundrel’ seems to cover more ground. I like it!

55

He’s not just a scoundrel, he’s a cad and a bounder.

56

They used to call him scruffy lookin’, a long time ago.