Anonymous
Post 08/13/2023 09:06     Subject: s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
Criss Cross Apple Sauce
Anonymous
Post 08/13/2023 08:45     Subject: s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
Anonymous wrote:What in the Sam Hill??



My favorite.
Anonymous
Post 08/13/2023 08:41     Subject: s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
Anonymous wrote:My Gen X aunt says "Hey meng" lol. I think that's pretty outdated.



How young has DCUM gotten?
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2023 15:45     Subject: Re:s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
Anonymous wrote:you know what I mean, Jellybean?


I have not thought about this one in years!
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2023 19:32     Subject: Re:s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
"We need to beat feet!"

"This is where the rubber meets the road."
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2023 16:49     Subject: Re:s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
Hold your horses
Bite the bullet
Face the music
Ankle biters
Curtain climbers
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2023 16:31     Subject: s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
Anonymous wrote:Ones I use:
"Get lost"
"Scram"
"beat it kid" (this one is always used in a joking way when my kids are pestering me - I also use "stop pestering me")
"moving like molasses"
"slow poke"
"space cadet"



DD used to get so frustrated when she was little that I would call Woody’s horse in Toy Story “Slow Poke,” but that’s all I could think of. I can’t even think of the real name now. Off to Google!
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2023 09:56     Subject: s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Oh, dear.
We can't dance and it's too wet to plow.
For the love of all that is holy.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
For cryin' out loud.
For Pete's sake.
Goodness gracious.
Cattywampus.
Whore bump.
Good grief.


Was nodding and nodding along until the bolded. Don’t want to google this at all. What is it meant to convey?


It's a big, deep pimple. My Silent Gen mother told me this one. And I didn't make a mistake. It really is whore and not horror!


Is it a reference to syphilis or something?
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2023 08:16     Subject: Re:s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
Pipe down
Tickle (in reference to laughing)
Let's blow this popstand
Teamwork makes the dream work (not sure that is an old one though)
Goodnight (as an exclamation)
Shake a leg

**In thinking about this, I realize I sound way older than I really am**
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2023 23:31     Subject: Re:s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
Wakey wakey, eggs and bakey
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2023 23:28     Subject: Re:s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
you know what I mean, Jellybean?
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2023 23:28     Subject: s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
Well I’ll be a monkey’s uncle
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2023 22:44     Subject: Re:s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
knock it off
get off my lawn!
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2023 22:40     Subject: s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
Turn it down a notch
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2023 22:40     Subject: s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
knuckle sandwich is one my dad always used to say - as in "quit doing X or I'll give you a knuckle sandwich"

Another favorite of his was "quit your crying or I'll give you something to cry about"

He was abusive.