Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 12:26     Subject: s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
I love these.

I am personally spearheading a revival of “Jiminy Cricket!”
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 12:24     Subject: s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
I know someone who replies to all social media post with:
Word

Which is sooo outdated, and I am embarrassed for him
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 12:24     Subject: s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
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
Post 08/09/2023 12:22     Subject: s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
DH keeps saying "My bad!" which is already outdated in my mind.

I say "Cool!" a bit too often.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 12:18     Subject: s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
Cool beans....very young gen x or older millennial.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 12:15     Subject: s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
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
Post 08/09/2023 12:15     Subject: s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
My mom uses phrases from Regency novels like "don't refine too much upon it" and then wonders why my husband looks puzzled!
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 12:15     Subject: s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
My Word!

Oh My!

Oh My Land!

My Land!

Whoopsie. Oopsie Daisy.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 12:10     Subject: s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
All the good ones are already taken!

Dag Nabbit!
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 12:04     Subject: Re:s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
Anonymous wrote:My young Vietnamese colleague has a habit of saying “How ‘bout that” in mild surprise. It always cracks me up. Where did he pick that up??


Maybe he was born here and is American...
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 11:47     Subject: s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations

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
Post 08/09/2023 11:43     Subject: Re:s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
Holy Guacamole
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 11:39     Subject: s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
Good gravy
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 11:30     Subject: Re:s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
Holy moly!
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 11:29     Subject: Re:s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
Anything from the Scooby-Doo swearbook is always welcome.