“Halt, in the name of the law!”
“Gee whiz, Betty Jane, that’s swell!”
“You’re a chump, you always been a chump!”
“He took a powder! After him!”
“Calling all cars, calling all cars!”
Your turn:) (old movie dialogue)
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Aww, gee whilickers, Wally!
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“One look at that broad and you knew she was TROUBLE.”
“Gosh, she sure is dreamy.” / “Oh boy, is he a dreamboat!”
“A nice dame like you doesn’t want to get mixed up with a no-good guy like me.”
“Take me to you leader.”
“We interrupt this broadcast for an important announcement…”
“Give him the what for!”
Aw, don’t get sore, we’re just kidding around!"
“Oh, a wise guy huh?”
Go ahead and pull the other one. It’s got bells on it.
Here’s an excerpt from a hard-boiled detective story I wrote recently:
Extra! Extra! Read all about it!
“Oookay, boys. Break it up. Break it up.”
To be fair, I still use chump regularly. That term is timeless.
Even better if you do it Bart Simpson style.
“Thanks a lot, chum…p!”
Most of that I get, but what the hell does Don Ameche have to do with anything?
Don Ameche played A.G. Bell in a movie long ago, and for a long time his name became attached to the telephone as a form of popular slang.
Thanks Tim R. Mortiss, now we’re all on the trolley.
“Follow that car!”
Flippy man, real flippy.
Oh…a wise guy, eh?
“Blow it out your diddy bag.”
Learn something new everyday. Thanks man!