s/o slightly outdated phrases and exclamations

[Anonymous]

“Tarnation!” is one of my favorite expressions of mild frustration.

[Anonymous]

I just rediscovered “Shut the front door!” Trying to incorporate it into my daily conversation.

[Anonymous]

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??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I say "holy moly" - def outdated but can't shake it.

Oh, same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love old fashioned exclamations, not that I use them. A friend used to say Heavens to Betsey. She isn't of that generation; she just likes the saying.

I'm GenX and I say "heavens to Betsy". I curse a fair amount too.

[Anonymous]

So, you want to encourage cursing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, you want to encourage cursing?

There’s always one, isn’t there

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I say "holy moly" - def outdated but can't shake it.

Same here…

[Anonymous]

I have some old timey phrases, like "jeepers!" or the fake swear "frickers" "fudgesicles" etc.

[Anonymous]

My Gen X aunt says "Hey meng" lol. I think that's pretty outdated.

[Anonymous]

I say "yowza"

[Anonymous]

My 80-year-old mom still says, “for corn’s sake” or “for Pete’s sake”.

She also says “jiminy gravy” and calls the kids stinkers when they misbehave.

[Anonymous]

"What is Sam Hill" when I am in disbelief about something.

[Anonymous]

Spouse says, "holy smokes!" all the time, sounds very old fashioned but since he can do no wrong in my eyes it's fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DH has a lot of these he inherited from his dad in rural Pennsylvania. But the funny thing is that our 6 yr old has picked a bunch of them up and there is something very wholesome about watching a 6 year old get frustrated and exclaim "well gosh DARN it" or see something crazy and say "sweet Jebus!" Yes, Jebus not Jesus, switching out the "swear" part of these exclamations is a hallmark of their old-fashionedness. They also say "fudge" and "good lort!"

It cracks me up.

When I was a kid almost all of those would have ended with my grandfather getting the soap to wash out our mouths.