[Villages PL]

Fire Extinguisher: a chaperone

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

[2BNTV]

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

[2BNTV]

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]

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]

"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]

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]

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

Big Palooka

Skeezix

[slipcovers]

Originally Posted by marianne237

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]

Originally Posted by 2BNTV

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]

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]

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

[Irish Red]

Originally Posted by shcisamax

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]

Originally Posted by ilovetv

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]

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]

Your mama wears combat boots!!!!