Go to Animal Instincts & Pearls of Wisdom
- Add a comment
- Go to Lost Words...Every Decade Has Their Very Own Set That Becomes Outdated
It's fascinating how words and phrases change over time. I wonder what things we say will end up sticking in the past.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on August 31, 2021 at 5:35 AM
| link to this | reply
Re: Re: One that cracks me up is "gee willikers." Beaver used to say that.
Sassy, that is a funny one!
posted by
Goldiec
on August 30, 2021 at 4:28 PM
| link to this | reply
Re: One that cracks me up is "gee willikers." Beaver used to say that.
posted by
Sherri_G
on August 30, 2021 at 12:50 PM
| link to this | reply
Good Afternoon
Sassy, thanks for sharing this post. These words are indeed outdated. If I said any of these words to my grandkids they wouldn't know what in the world I was talking about. That thought makes me smile!
posted by
Goldiec
on August 30, 2021 at 10:35 AM
| link to this | reply
Re: Re: My grandmother had some real doozy's...
She referred to us youngins' as piss cutters, which makes no sense considering that a piss cutter is a military cap, and she always called watermelon, piss punkins.
posted by
Sherri_G
on August 30, 2021 at 9:03 AM
| link to this | reply
Re: Pat_B, love the word, "whippersnappers."
That is a priceless reference for young people.
posted by
Sherri_G
on August 30, 2021 at 8:19 AM
| link to this | reply
Yup! It's all gone the way of the buggy whip. But there are still
whippersnappers testing the mettle of their elders...
posted by
Pat_B
on August 30, 2021 at 7:33 AM
| link to this | reply
Re: adnohr, the same here. The French accentuates them into a new level.
posted by
Sherri_G
on August 30, 2021 at 7:20 AM
| link to this | reply
It was a pleasure seeing all those expressions again! I actually do use quite a few of them still, mostly translated into French, or with a French accent.
posted by
adnohr
on August 30, 2021 at 6:56 AM
| link to this | reply
Re: That one is familiar to me.
posted by
Sherri_G
on August 30, 2021 at 6:54 AM
| link to this | reply
I have a hat from my son which has another catch phrase from Snagglepuss...Exit stage left!
posted by
Annicita
on August 30, 2021 at 6:49 AM
| link to this | reply