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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 |
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 |
Skeeve, has many applications but usually involves (in my country) usually food.
"It skeeves me to put mayo and meat together." |
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?
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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!!
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" do me a solid "
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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.
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Going to hell in a handbasket. I still don't know what that means.
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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!
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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. |
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." |
Paper A$$hole? I think it's a person who talks a good game but makes no sense.
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You lucky stiff
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Fire Extinguisher: a chaperone
Drugstore cowboy: a guy that hangs around on a street corner trying to pick up girls. |
"Shooting me through the grease". Getto slang for your lying to me.
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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. |
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 |
"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!
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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!
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Riley always used to say "what a revoltin development that is".
Big Palooka Skeezix |
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I think that was Norton that said that, on Jackie Gleason. |
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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. |
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. . |
In Pittsburgh, if you were a real jerk, you were a jagoff.
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I always thought SKANKY was followed by the words LOT LIZZARD. |
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"
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Your mama wears combat boots!!!!
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Uff Da!
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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!" |
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!
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Take a beef walk.
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Sock it to me!
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Ahh yes. I remember it well. http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/73...962dbe38f5.jpg |
I was going to say "See you later alligator"
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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. |
Calling each other " kid".
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You are right; have never heard of faircuts
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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. |
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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