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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can top that (for outdated sayings).  My grandmother referred to the refrigerator as "ice box"  (it was once a container that held a square chunk of ice) and purses were always "pocket-bags".  Love it.  Wore a girdle and hose until the day she died (97).[/quote]

Mother in law called the microwave, "the radar range" and sometimes called the car, "a machine."   (Along with all those other old lady words like pocketbook, icebox, market, dungarees, luncheon, parlor, galoshes, and the front stoop.).   Oh, and "Bully for you!"[/quote]

I say pocketbook, market, luncheon, parlor, galoshes and front stoop.[/quote]

Well, Bully for you ole gal!  But I don't believe you say those words in context if you are under 60.  Nobody even has a parlor anymore.  We now have media rooms.  Of course, MIL still said we played "parlor games" in there.  And luncheon?  Everybody shortens that to lunch these days (except for the formal office meal).  I suppose you have a lunch pail, too.[/quote]

Oh, in context, and I'm under 40. A lot of it has to do with how many different places I have lived.  Born in Illinois, lived in TX, OH, MA, NY, CT, VA, MD, GA WI and the UK.[/quote]

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