Out dated expresions

[kimmar067]

.....ewwww.....all these outdated expressions are just grody to the max.

 

[kimmar067]

^ My mom who was born in 1929 used to say making love when she meant kissing......

 

[mickeyfan9194]

For Pete's sake (don't know who Pete was).
What the Sam Hill? (don't know who Sam Hill was either).
For crying out loud
Pert near
Full of piss and vinegar
Can't swing a dead cat without hitting... (whatever was prevalent at the time).
We were so poor we didn't have a pot to pea in or a window to throw it out of.
Six of one, half a dozen of the other.

 

[goofyernmost]

"What's that got to do with the tea in China"

Does a bear sh-- in the woods?! (when you are confirming something someone says)

MJ

Always knew the first one as "what's that got to do with the cost of tea in China?" Just means a statement is irrelevant if I remember correctly.

The second one is still the same. But the more sophisticated have changed it to... "Does a large dromedary defecate in the desert?" or the old standard... "Is the Pope Catholic?" still is heard from time to time.

 

[mmouse37]

Always knew the first one as "what's that got to do with the cost of tea in China?" Just means a statement is irrelevant if I remember correctly.

The second one is still the same. But the more sophisticated have changed it to... "Does a large dromedary defecate in the desert?" or the old standard... "Is the Pope Catholic?" still is heard from time to time.

After I typed it I thought something was missing....my parents used to say it all the time when we were growing up as well as the Pope one! And yes, that's what I have always understood the meaning to be.

MJ

 

[goofyernmost]

After I typed it I thought something was missing....my parents used to say it all the time when we were growing up as well as the Pope one! And yes, that's what I have always understood the meaning to be.

MJ

Another variation was "the PRICE of tea in China" either way means the same, but, I have heard it both ways.

 

[kimmar067]

Another variation was "the PRICE of tea in China" either way means the same, but, I have heard it both ways.

.....like, TOTALLY.

 

[manning]

Didn't go thru them all. Interesting how meanings change. Take the word "gay". I've watch films I believe were made in the 40s. the phrase was we are having a gay time.

Also "that's great" was that's swell"

Watch British movies and you will understand when they say we talk the same language but we don't understand each other such as:
Fag - a cigarette
Fancy- desire
Torch - flashlight
Bonnet - hood of the car
Boot - car trunk
tube - subway
etc etc

 

[Uncranky Donald]

word

 

[jevs]

You need to embrace your outdated expressions Jason if only to annoy the heck out of everyone else

 

[ols386]

Oops a daisy.

 

[Lilacs4Me]

My DH still says "Oh, my bad"

The kids look at him like he's crazy, and I tell him that the welcome mat to the 21st century was put out 17 years ago.

 

[AlohaNow]

DS10 just finished up a book report on the very first Hardy Boys mystery. (Book #1 - The Tower Treasure!) One of the characters said, "Come on fellows!" and he just thought that was hysterical.

 

[prprincess]

I still say these very 80s/90s urban expressions out of habit:
Swole - mad
Salty - mad
Busting - roasting
Trifling - nasty

 

[smiths02]

sketchy and shady
I really didn't use those, but everyone else did and it drove me crazy because it was usually in reference to things that were not actually sketchy or shady

 

[katie01]

Oops a daisy.

I was going to post this, our dog's name is Daisy, so I purposely use all the outdated "Daisy" expressions I can now: "Oops a Daisy" (and this one is perfect for her, since the little stinker is still occasionally having accidents in the house", "ups a Daisy" whenever I pick her up, and the expression "fresh as a Daisy", which I don't use in relation to her because her breath is really bad

 

[AlohaNow]

Sick burn.