ducks in a row
gay

I am British and say 'Golly Gosh' alot. I read alot of old classicics and they use the following words/phrases alot argufying (arguing), oh woe (e.g. Oh woe me, which means pity me), deary me as well is also used quite a bit. I say 'out of sorts' alot as well but dont know if that is old?

"buddy" is old-fashioned? well, gee whillikers! I sure didn't fall with the last rain!

covet = I envy you that but, in a sweet way


Hell's bell's (which my grandmother said all the time)
23 skiddo (wish I said this)
I really do say 'cat's pajamas' a lot, b/c I think cool is well, tired.
cool beans - in case I've just said cat's pajamas

Anonymous wrote:1:18 It's "criminy" (or "crimeny," if you're really wild, which you probably are)

jinkies

folderol

No, I mean criminetly, not criminy. It's a valid variation. http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question108585.html

Anonymous wrote:did someone say swear alternatives? I wanna play!
My faves: sugar, fetch (fetcher, fetching), mother trucker

How about FLIP for the F word! Had friends from South Africa that said this.

Slower than molasses in January

pox, as in "a pox upon thee!"

instead of cussing at bad drivers, I wish them pox. Probably not good spirited, but better than having my toddler learn the equivalent of mothertrucker and kooshbag.

Good golly (as well as good golly miss molly)!
Gee whillikers!
That's the bees knees! (it's great, new and generally fabulous)
What in tarnation (...are you doing to your little brother)?!
What on God's green earth? or Never on God's green earth (would I do xxx).
Settle your feathers!

britches and dungarees

Oooooh doggies!

More ___ than Carter has pills (after Carter's Little Liver Pills)

at sixes & sevens (is something is kind of a mess)

Comode

Bonafide

horsefeathers

balderdash

kin

My grandma used to look at provocatively dressed teens and call them Hoochie-Coochie Girls. So, we still call them that. Also, she would say "Your Sister's Ass!!" when she would do something and it was her fault (drop something, forget something.) She said it was because I didn't have a sister, so she could say that She would also say, "In your bra" when she didn't believe what we were saying.

Buddy - my father would say things like, you don't think I know what you and your buddies are up to?

I still use record to refer to mp3 files, CDs, etc., as in, let's put a record on.

All that jazz.

I say this a lot, usually meaning "all that stuff."

As in:

"To bake the cake, I have to buy flour, eggs, milk and all that jazz."