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ilovetv 06-17-2014 10:04 AM

What are some old favorite slang terms or localisms you don't hear anymore?
 
One person "got a charge out of" my post using the adjective "skanky" on another thread. In the 70s and 80s, we reserved that term for only the sleaziest of the sleaze.

What are some slang words or expressions people said decades ago but we don't hear anymore?

I think it's fun to hear a new, juicy term you've never heard before but in context, you know exactly what it means.

Let's hear some of yours.

Here is...

skanky adjective \ˈskaŋ-kē\
skank·i·erskank·i·est

Definition of SKANKY

1 slang : repugnantly filthy or squalid
2 slang : of low or sleazy character
Examples of SKANKY

<a pop star who cultivates an image that is more skanky than sexy>
Origin of SKANKY
1 skank
First Known Use: 1982

Lauren Sweeny 06-17-2014 11:28 AM

Jogging our memory banks try to add more to my hubby and friends made a list of DATED TERMS that are not heard anymore:. the hands of a clock, songs about " the milkman", jump rope rhymes ,jacks,dialing a phone,.
A LIST OF WORDS; no longer used: cloak room( never knew what that was back in the day,) snowing down South, the Curse,barn door is open,bubblegum,Dime store, tube tops,knickers,poncho,bleach job, Dippitydo,Ducktail,turntable,stereo,carbon paper,tree house,rabbit ears,clothes pins,wringer washer,Princess phone, S & H stamps, Eagle Stamps, tax stamps Bikes had; .Banana seats ,streamers,Big wheels, . Movie theaters had; balconies,drive ins,ushers,smoking.Shoes were; Weejuns, Chukka boots, Fyre boots Earth shoes,PF flyers,Red Ball Jets,penny loafers,galoshes, Buster Browns, Mary Janes and don' t forget saddle shoes, sneakers , Converse, Deckers,clogs and platforms!
Games; Silly Putty, Ants in The Pants,mTwister,Hungry Hungry Hippo,Mousetrap ,Cootie, Mr PotTo Head,Slime,Chinese checkers,gyroscope,Mex jumping beans,Colorforms,Eightball fortune teller,WoolyWilly magnet,manic erase board,balsam airplanes,slingshot.Pin the tail on the donkey,Tinker toys, Lincoln logs,creepy crawlers,looms,opuntia boards,Aggies & purines,cats eyes.

Feel free to add more everyone

Patty55 06-17-2014 11:45 AM

Skeeve, has many applications but usually involves (in my country) usually food.

"It skeeves me to put mayo and meat together."

SantaClaus 06-17-2014 11:54 AM

What are some old favorite slang terms or localisms you don't hear anymore?
 
Drop a dime and dial me up later, we can spin some tunes. Catch you on the flip-side, digg?

ilovetv 06-17-2014 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patty55 (Post 894474)
Skeeve, has many applications but usually involves (in my country) usually food.

"It skeeves me to put mayo and meat together."

That's one I've never, ever heard!

Lovey2 06-17-2014 12:11 PM

Italians often say "schiafoso"....sounds like skeevots, in our slang, which I guess is where skeevy came from?? Maybe not, but we would say, "ewww, that's skeevots"!! Or, that's so skeevy! Pretty funny, Patty!!

Patty55 06-17-2014 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ilovetv (Post 894480)
That's one I've never, ever heard!

Really? It's quite common, both the word and the skeeve combo.

Jdmiata 06-17-2014 12:44 PM

" do me a solid "

Steve & Deanna 06-17-2014 12:49 PM

My father-in-law (bless his soul) bought a used car from a reputable new car dealership at one time. When he asked the salesman how long the car should last, he was told "It'll last you a lifetime if you die when you should." Got a chuckle out of that when he told me the story.

shcisamax 06-17-2014 01:08 PM

Going to hell in a handbasket. I still don't know what that means.

tainsley 06-17-2014 01:22 PM

Skank was a big one! Jeet? Dju? I actually was out carting to yard sales this past weekend. Saw a cart with PA license plates with these "words" on them! He was from Pittsburgh...me from Philly...a PA thing!

graciegirl 06-17-2014 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patty55 (Post 894486)
Really? It's quite common, both the word and the skeeve combo.



NEVER heard it. Shows you the geographic diversity even of slang.
Bet those who know skeeve haven't heard faircuts...Which means, its wrecked. I think from German.


I remember snowing down south. NO one wears slips anymore.


Hey daddy-O. Cool it pops.

Carl in Tampa 06-17-2014 01:40 PM

In New Orleans we hired a new guy to be a Secret Service agent. He was alone in the office one day when he received a telephone inquiry about a possible counterfeit bill.

After being unable to answer several questions of the caller about how to determine if the bill was counterfeit, the young agent confessed, "Mister, I dont know diddly-squat about counterfeit."

Patty55 06-17-2014 01:57 PM

Paper A$$hole? I think it's a person who talks a good game but makes no sense.

slipcovers 06-17-2014 03:03 PM

You lucky stiff

Villages PL 06-17-2014 03:39 PM

Fire Extinguisher: a chaperone

Drugstore cowboy: a guy that hangs around on a street corner trying to pick up girls.

2BNTV 06-17-2014 03:48 PM

"Shooting me through the grease". Getto slang for your lying to me.

2BNTV 06-17-2014 03:52 PM

A "beard" for someone who wanted to date someone, and brought along a friend, so he could tell his wife, it was the buddy's date.

Used in Hollywood, in the 30's and 40's.

justjim 06-17-2014 04:24 PM

She/he is just faunching. means: he/she is temporary upset and will get over it soon.

I'll never smile again. Means: The situation is not to your liking.

Boy Howdy. Means: surprise, wow or yep that is true or not true

scrapple 06-17-2014 05:32 PM

"Grandma always said, Don't forget to wear your rubbers!" I was able to use it as a public service announcement in the early days of HIV, but then it became obsolete and the guys would look at me with a "huh? Your grandma said that?!?" LOL!

Lauren Sweeny 06-17-2014 06:10 PM

Clevelanders will remember Ghuolardi with; Cool it with the boom booms ,Hey knif! , turn blue!Barnaby saying Tell them Barnaby says, Hello!. Captain Penny saying; You can fool some of the people some of the time....but you can' t fool mom!

marianne237 06-17-2014 06:18 PM

Riley always used to say "what a revoltin development that is".

Big Palooka

Skeezix

slipcovers 06-17-2014 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marianne237 (Post 894631)
Riley always used to say "what a revoltin development that is".

Big Palooka

Skeezix



I think that was Norton that said that, on Jackie Gleason.

SantaClaus 06-17-2014 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2BNTV (Post 894587)
A "beard" for someone who wanted to date someone, and brought along a friend, so he could tell his wife, it was the buddy's date.



Used in Hollywood, in the 30's and 40's.


Ha! That's funny, 'cause "beard" is still used today, just in a different context. A "beard" is a girl a gay guy takes to social functions so that he appears straight. I always thought the derivation was that a beard makes a man appear more manly. Interesting that it has a longer provenance than that.

chuckinca 06-17-2014 06:55 PM

Probably both but first used by William Bendix in Life of Riley.

To quote Wikipedia:

The Life of Riley. Bendix's delivery and the spin he put on his lines made it work."[1] The reworked script cast Bendix as blundering Chester A. Riley, a wing riveter at the fictional Cunningham Aircraft plant in California. His frequent exclamation of indignation—"What a revoltin' development this is!"—became one of the most famous catchphrases of the 1940s.

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CFrance 06-17-2014 06:57 PM

In Pittsburgh, if you were a real jerk, you were a jagoff.

Irish Red 06-17-2014 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shcisamax (Post 894515)
Going to hell in a handbasket. I still don't know what that means.

I think 'going to hell in a hand basket" was a term used during the Civil War. Volunteers used to go around the battle field after a battle and pick up body parts.

wwddww 06-17-2014 09:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ilovetv (Post 894425)
One person "got a charge out of" my post using the adjective "skanky" on another thread. In the 70s and 80s, we reserved that term for only the sleaziest of the sleaze.

What are some slang words or expressions people said decades ago but we don't hear anymore?

I think it's fun to hear a new, juicy term you've never heard before but in context, you know exactly what it means.

Let's hear some of yours.

Here is...

skanky adjective \ˈskaŋ-kē\
skank·i·erskank·i·est

Definition of SKANKY

1 slang : repugnantly filthy or squalid
2 slang : of low or sleazy character
Examples of SKANKY

<a pop star who cultivates an image that is more skanky than sexy>
Origin of SKANKY
1 skank
First Known Use: 1982


I always thought SKANKY was followed by the words LOT LIZZARD.

gatherer47 06-17-2014 09:50 PM

A friend of mine would unintentionally mix up some old sayings.For example "don't cry over spilled chickens" "you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink the milk" "people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw rolling stones"

2BNTV 06-17-2014 10:04 PM

Your mama wears combat boots!!!!

scot_atc 06-17-2014 10:29 PM

Uff Da!

skyguy79 06-17-2014 10:59 PM

You're as handy as a screen door on a submarine!

"Well, I'll be a dirty bird!"

"Well I'll be dipped in s***!"

Go *art up a rain pipe!

Whoop-de-doo!

Fiddlededee!

She's got kooties!

All-ee all-ee in-free!

Ok, ok! I'm all done now... let's not have a "conniption fit!"

Lauren Sweeny 06-18-2014 02:51 AM

Take a load off,want a brewski?Hows the ol lady? Still groovin? Flick your Bick, Pshaw ,fiddlesticks,rats! Downtown shopping ,uptown,radical man! Peace! Spacey chick,dumb as a door knob,head case ,dude,bombshell,look at her torpedoes! Cool man! Outta sight! Weirdo! To the moon ,Alice!Macho man,gunslinger,hard ass,maverick,player,tramp,strumpet,your mamma!

Cisco Kid 06-18-2014 05:01 AM

Take a beef walk.

DougB 06-18-2014 05:25 AM

Sock it to me!

graciegirl 06-18-2014 06:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DougB (Post 894766)
Sock it to me!



Ahh yes. I remember it well.
http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/73...962dbe38f5.jpg

senior citizen 06-18-2014 06:11 AM

I was going to say "See you later alligator"
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Patty55 (Post 894474)
Skeeve, has many applications but usually involves (in my country) usually food.

"It skeeves me to put mayo and meat together."


I was going to say, "See you later alligator" as something one does not hear anymore........

However, your word "skeeve" was one we heard used often in our teens down in Jersey.......haven't heard that word used since the 1960's.

(verb) to gross out; to digust; to make your skin crawl

Grossed out, disgusted, to get a sketchy feeling about a situation.

Originates from the Italian word "schifo" which means disgust.

It really skeeved me out when he ate the gummy bear off the floor in the movie theater.
or
Twenty-year-old guys who date girls too young to drive really skeeve me out.


 


 








 

graciegirl 06-18-2014 06:17 AM

Calling each other " kid".

senior citizen 06-18-2014 06:38 AM

You are right; have never heard of faircuts
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 894523)
NEVER heard it. Shows you the geographic diversity even of slang.
Bet those who know skeeve haven't heard faircuts...Which means, its wrecked. I think from German.


I remember snowing down south. NO one wears slips anymore.


Hey daddy-O. Cool it pops.




 
Skeeve : To totally dislike something, to be disgusted. "I skeeve that" or "I'm skeeved by him".

A gross person can also be called a "skeeve" or a "skevoose".

From the Italian "mi fa schifo" meaning "it makes me sick" and/or "schifoso", meaning "disgusting".

From Dictionary.com (anyone who comes from Brooklyn, N.Y.C. or Jersey has heard it.

[skeev] Slang.

noun

Also, skeever. an immoral or repulsive person.

verb (used with object)

to cause disgust in (often followed by out ): This place is so full of mold that it really skeeves me out.

to be disgusted by: people who skeeve public restrooms.

verb (used without object)

to cause disgust or feel disgusted: The mess just made me skeeve.

Skeevy........he is "skeevy"

Heard it all during our teenaged years. It was a common slang word.




 

graciegirl 06-18-2014 07:50 AM

Let's go to the Burger Boy. (Only kids from Columbus, Ohio would know this)


http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.6080...441758&pid=1.7


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