Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 17:20     Subject: s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
Anonymous wrote:I have no idea where he heard this, but I was driving with my then 6 year old in the car a few years ago and I said, “oh there’s a police car there I better slow down” and he was like “THE FUZZ!” Like he was some 1920s gangster running illegal whiskey during prohibition. I lost my sh** I was laughing so hard.


That's funny. I for some u known reason say "I smell bacon!" when I'm driving and see a cop car.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 17:19     Subject: Re:s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:"What is Sam Hill" when I am in disbelief about something.

Isn't it "What in Sam Hill"?


I thought it was “what in the Sam Hill”?


It's this.

I don't know what it means exactly, though.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 16:54     Subject: Re:s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
My mom always used to say

- go pound sand (sort of like go suck an egg)

- Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 16:47     Subject: s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
Awesome sauce
Psych
saying “hashtag” before saying something
I did a thing
Adulting
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 16:41     Subject: s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
16:40 again. She also uses the word "gab" a lot, and "beside her/his/myself." (I was beside myself with worry!)

Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 16:40     Subject: s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
Anonymous wrote:My 88yo grandma just asked my youngest cousin if she was "going steady" with anyone

Oh, God. The only person I've ever heard use that phrase is my mother. She's not that old (age 61).
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 16:38     Subject: Re:s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:"What is Sam Hill" when I am in disbelief about something.

Isn't it "What in Sam Hill"?


I thought it was “what in the Sam Hill”?
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 16:36     Subject: Re:s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:"What is Sam Hill" when I am in disbelief about something.

Isn't it "What in Sam Hill"?


It is.

"Bob's your uncle!"
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 16:27     Subject: s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
Bummer. Lift up the kimono , boil the ocean, low hanging fruit, circle back, think outside of the box
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 16:26     Subject: Re:s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
I still say "grody to the max".
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 16:18     Subject: s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
Anonymous wrote:I say "Rats" and "For crying out loud."

My dad says "Go suck an egg" - but only to dogs.


Op here--DH also says "for crying out loud!" I had forgot about that one.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 14:37     Subject: s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
Anonymous wrote:I say "Rats" and "For crying out loud."

My dad says "Go suck an egg" - but only to dogs.


Love the crying out loud one. Forgot about that one
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 14:33     Subject: s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
My mother always says “he met with an accident”. I don’t know if that’s an old expression or just Canadian.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 14:28     Subject: Re:s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
Anonymous wrote:"What is Sam Hill" when I am in disbelief about something.

Isn't it "What in Sam Hill"?
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 14:22     Subject: Re:s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations
Groovy. (or is it "groovey" ?)

Word to your mother.