# What interjections/insults have dropped out of fashion? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 19, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interjections-insults-have-dropped-out-of-fashion/507002 "2009-08-19T22:49:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interjections-insults-have-dropped-out-of-fashion/507002/41 "2009-08-20T16:38:23Z")
I love some of the “archaic” terms like L7 and hep. Once walking into a movie theater, my friend bumped me turning around and spilled my popcorn and called him a clod. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interjections-insults-have-dropped-out-of-fashion/507002/42 "2009-08-20T16:53:41Z")
> [@Olentzero](#): > > Damn and blast. I mean, I know it probably went out at roughly the same time as Queen Victoria, but it’s got punch to it. I use “Damn and blast” all the time at my job. Around the house, Lady Lacha & myself have taken to saying “God’s wounds!”, “God’s Blood!” and “By Christ’s Teeth!” a lot. Yes, we _were_ recently watching an old program about Henry VIII. How did you know? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interjections-insults-have-dropped-out-of-fashion/507002/43 "2009-08-20T17:05:57Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Used to hear “Criminently!”, a variation of criminey I suppose. I was wondering how you’d spell that. My mom says that still. And shee-mer-neez. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interjections-insults-have-dropped-out-of-fashion/507002/44 "2009-08-20T17:19:15Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > “Judas Priest!” was an oath my grandfather used to mutter under his breath quite frequently, especially when disgusted by modern culture, like The Beatles or airplane hijackers. Wonder what oath he would have used if he’d heard about the [heavy-metal band with that name](http://judaspriest.com/home/default.asp)! > [@drastic\_quench](#): > > “Eat shit and die” seems to have disappeared after the seventies. Interesting. I never heard anyone say that one before the late 1980s. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interjections-insults-have-dropped-out-of-fashion/507002/45 "2009-08-20T17:26:46Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Up yours. “Up your nose with a rubber hose!” (What the hell did that mean anyway?) “Pinhead!” “Saw your wife at the dogshow!” “Grody to the max!” “Totally gnarley, dude!” “Step off, George!” (as in Costanza) ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interjections-insults-have-dropped-out-of-fashion/507002/46 "2009-08-20T17:38:05Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Oh, yeah? How’d you like a poke in the snotlocker? Get a load a’ this palooka! Whatta maroon! Scram, or I’ll give ya the bum’s rush with a side a’ knuckle sandwich! ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interjections-insults-have-dropped-out-of-fashion/507002/47 "2009-08-20T17:43:35Z")
I’m working on bringing back “Right On!” from it’s grave in the 70s. Is that an interjection, or an affirmation? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interjections-insults-have-dropped-out-of-fashion/507002/48 "2009-08-20T17:45:19Z")
> [@Jettboy](#): > > I’m working on bringing back “Right On!” from it’s grave in the 70s. Is that an interjection, or an affirmation? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interjections-insults-have-dropped-out-of-fashion/507002/49 "2009-08-20T17:46:51Z")
Cotton-pickin’, as in “Now wait just a cotton-pickin’ minute!” Although I do have relatives that still use this. ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interjections-insults-have-dropped-out-of-fashion/507002/50 "2009-08-20T17:55:20Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Yes. Right on, my brother! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interjections-insults-have-dropped-out-of-fashion/507002/51 "2009-08-20T18:07:09Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > knuckle sandwich! I was going to mention that. There’s a (Gahan Wilson?) cartoon of a hideous alien wearing an overcoat and a human mask. He’s saying to a tough guy, ‘Yes. I WOULD like a knuckle sandwich!’ ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interjections-insults-have-dropped-out-of-fashion/507002/52 "2009-08-20T18:07:24Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > I love some of the “archaic” terms like L7 and hep. Oh, L7! I had to explain to my husband what that meant. With appropriate hand gestures. He still :rolleyes:. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interjections-insults-have-dropped-out-of-fashion/507002/53 "2009-08-20T18:08:28Z")
> [@Jettboy](#): > > I’m working on bringing back “Right On!” from it’s grave in the 70s. Is that an interjection, or an affirmation? My branch manager uses “right on.” You aren’t my branch manager, are you? ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interjections-insults-have-dropped-out-of-fashion/507002/54 "2009-08-20T18:18:11Z")
> [@Jettboy](#): > > I’m working on bringing back “Right On!” from it’s grave in the 70s. Is that an interjection, or an affirmation? Far out! I come from a family of freaks…we probably use 80% of what’s been posted so far in general conversation. My grandfather used “balderdash!” fairly often. We’re trying to keep that alive to honor his memory. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interjections-insults-have-dropped-out-of-fashion/507002/55 "2009-08-20T18:19:47Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Shiver my timbers! That’ll be “shiver _ME_ timbers” to you, Matey, or it’s the cat o’ nine tails for sure! _Arrrh_! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interjections-insults-have-dropped-out-of-fashion/507002/56 "2009-08-20T18:29:31Z")
I’ve been coming to the Pacific Northwest since 2001, and moved here in 2003. ‘Right on’ is a popular phrase up here. ISTM that in the '70s it was pronounced ‘Right oawnnnn!’ Up here it’s just ‘Right on’ with the emphasis on the ‘Right’. It seems to be used by 20-somethings and people who have kids in their teens and 20s, but I’ve noticed its usage dropping off a bit over the past couple of years. ---
**Author:** ![TheMadHun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@TheMadHun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMadHun)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interjections-insults-have-dropped-out-of-fashion/507002/57 "2009-08-20T22:21:18Z")
Slubberdegullion appeared in a book I was reading last night, published in 1991. [per 1913 Webster’s Dictionary: A mean, dirty wretch.] ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interjections-insults-have-dropped-out-of-fashion/507002/58 "2009-08-20T22:55:11Z")
“Bird” as a euphemism for the male member is pretty much extinct now. I think “honky” had lost its edge, as no one could figure out why they were supposed to be insulted by its use. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interjections-insults-have-dropped-out-of-fashion/507002/59 "2009-08-20T23:12:04Z")
> [@Jettboy](#): > > I’m working on bringing back “Right On!” from it’s grave in the 70s. Is that an interjection, or an affirmation? I got your back on that one. I use it all the time. My husband’s grandmother uses it so much it is like a verbal tic; "It sure is hot out here, right on, but I am sure it will be much cooler indoors, right on, Imma have me some iced tea, right on, that’ll cool me right off, right on. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interjections-insults-have-dropped-out-of-fashion/507002/60 "2009-08-20T23:19:05Z")
Missed the edit window, but wanted to add: Stuthehistoryguy, I know a guy who says honkey exactly like George Jefferson. Still sounds very edgy when he says it. As a matter of fact, after hearing ‘cracka’ almost as much as I hear ‘nigga’, \*honky \*is starting to sound the edgiest of all! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interjections-insults-have-dropped-out-of-fashion/507002.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interjections-insults-have-dropped-out-of-fashion/507002.md?page=4)