# Reviving Old Slang **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 22, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reviving-old-slang/176872 "2003-05-22T19:43:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Kaspar\_Hauser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@Kaspar\_Hauser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaspar_Hauser)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reviving-old-slang/176872/61 "2003-05-29T21:54:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wendy Munro \* > \*\*“I’m not so green as I’m cabbage looking” \*\* What the deuce does that mean? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reviving-old-slang/176872/62 "2003-05-29T22:03:06Z")
Reviving old slang… what a capital wheeze! ---
**Author:** ![MercyStreet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@MercyStreet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MercyStreet)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reviving-old-slang/176872/63 "2003-05-30T01:01:40Z")
Currently in the rotation: Roger Willco Charlie Foxtrot crikey a bee in the bonnet fancypants frou-frou poofy … and stuff douchebag dildo young pup frosts my ass sets my teeth on edge liquored up has a snootful boozy bloke masher, cad, ruffian cat claptrap pajama party pigout wingding beano cocktail party the jet set ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reviving-old-slang/176872/64 "2003-05-30T02:23:49Z")
“Ankle.” You know, ew-scray. Take a run-off powder. On the lam. Put an egg in yer show an’ beat it. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reviving-old-slang/176872/65 "2003-05-30T02:25:06Z")
Oops, the egg goes in your _shoe_, not your _show_. It’s the Big Butter & Egg Men who put the simoleons in your _show_. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reviving-old-slang/176872/66 "2003-05-30T04:21:55Z")
Don’t you mean am-scray? ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reviving-old-slang/176872/67 "2003-05-30T04:30:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*It’s the Big Butter & Egg Men who put the simoleons in your _show_. \*\* [Archie Goodwin] Simoleons? Why if I had that kind of dough, dollface, I’d sit up all night and watch it! [/Archie Goodwin] ::koee ducks and skedaddles:: ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reviving-old-slang/176872/68 "2003-05-30T04:54:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*“Ankle.” You know, ew-scray. Take a run-off powder. On the lam. Put an egg in yer show an’ beat it. \*\* Psst, Eve. You know that “ew-scray” translates as “screw”? ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reviving-old-slang/176872/69 "2003-05-30T05:21:27Z")
I like to sprinkle my conversations with these; Horsefeathers! pantywaist tissyprissle (goes along with pantywaist) Shank’s mares (or ponies) All Reet neato mosquito hunky-dory scuttlebutt twit whatta maroon! (a la Bugs Bunny) I’ve also been looking for an excuse to use this old one (slightly modified). “See ya later, perpetrator!” “After awhile, pedophile!” ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reviving-old-slang/176872/70 "2003-05-30T05:25:24Z")
I knew a guy in highschool (1997-2000) who genuinely used the phrase “gee-whiz”. Genuinely. As in not ironic at all. It was an actual, unconcious part of his vocabulary. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reviving-old-slang/176872.md?page=3)