s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
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Anonymous
| Anything from the Scooby-Doo swearbook is always welcome. |
Anonymous
| Holy moly! |
Anonymous
| Good gravy |
Anonymous
| Holy Guacamole |
Anonymous
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To me “old fashioned” phrases are normal. It’s the more vulgar words thrown around these days that are not. I don’t swear in English, and only sparingly in my native language, and I expect my kids to be creative with language so they avoid looking like every other boring F-bombing critter out there. |
Anonymous
Maybe he was born here and is American... |
Anonymous
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All the good ones are already taken!
Dag Nabbit! |
Anonymous
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My Word!
Oh My! Oh My Land! My Land! Whoopsie. Oopsie Daisy. |
Anonymous
| My mom uses phrases from Regency novels like "don't refine too much upon it" and then wonders why my husband looks puzzled! |
Anonymous
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Good lord willing and the creek don't rise! My dad used to say this ironically.
I like the surfer and 1950s hipster lingo myself. In stoke as a signoff, and also solid. Solid, Jackson! |
Anonymous
| Cool beans....very young gen x or older millennial. |
Anonymous
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DH keeps saying "My bad!" which is already outdated in my mind.
I say "Cool!" a bit too often. |
Anonymous
| my dad would say "oh sugar!" when he was irritated about something. he never said any bad words. that was my mother's department "you little b@stards" |
Anonymous
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I know someone who replies to all social media post with:
Word Which is sooo outdated, and I am embarrassed for him |
Anonymous
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I love these.
I am personally spearheading a revival of “Jiminy Cricket!” |