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Originally Posted by 2BNTV (Post 894738)

Your mama wears combat boots!!!!

Hey there, don't you talk about my mama.

Years ago we use to say that's the way the mop flops.

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Originally Posted by Patty55 (Post 895414)

Did you all know growing up that "Youse" is not the plural of "you"?

Yes, I knew that. It's "yinz." As in, "Yinz goin' dahntahn?"

Trip the light fantastic

Nice set of gams

"Gin mill"
"skeeve"
"Sh*t on a shingle"
"Horses ass"
"up your nose with a rubber hose"

The early bird gets the worm.

Meawhile, back at the ranch.

Ain't that a bite ?

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Originally Posted by Patty55 (Post 894531)

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

In the military, it is also what we called these

http://www.staples-3p.com/s7/is/imag..._sc7?$splssku$

Good Lord willing and the creek don't rise

It is what it is. I'll deal with it.

Pop (for soda).

Went down the holler.

As happy as a dog rolling in his own poop.

From my West Virginia childhood.

We'll be renting in The Villages in January-March, 2015 and are hoping to run into fellow Mountaineers. I've had season football tickets for WVU football for decades and am a 1950 WVU Journalism graduate, 43-year newspaper editor (retired since 1996), have traveled to 50 countries, 2 U.S. territories and 43 states and taken 11 cruises.

My Bucket List is getting thin. The Villages, in December 2013, was on the list, too. Not any more.

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Originally Posted by The Mountaineer (Post 895568)

My favorite saying in the world is "It is what it is, get over it !!" I say this almost every day LOL

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Originally Posted by Bonny (Post 895737)

My favorite saying in the world is "It is what it is, get over it !!" I say this almost every day LOL

Yep, that's one that I use along with the flip side "It aint what it aint".

The other one I use a lot is "I'll just burn that bridge when I come to it."

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Originally Posted by SantaClaus (Post 894643)

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.

You are correct in the meaning for "beard" nowadays.....
I was going to correct him.....but figured I probably should not.
A "beard" is a female used as a coverup for the guy.......just as you said.

P.S. Just looked it up on Wiki......it can be used "both ways"....news to me.
Beard is a slang term describing a person who is used, knowingly or unknowingly, as a date, romantic partner (boyfriend or girlfriend), or spouse either to conceal infidelity or to conceal one's sexual orientation. The American slang term originally referred to anyone who acted on behalf of another, in any transaction, to conceal a person's true identity. The term can be used in heterosexual and homosexual contexts, but with increasing acceptance of gay culture, references to beards are seen in mainstream television and movies as well as other entertainment

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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 894783)

Calling each other " kid".

I still call everyone a "kid" because 99.9% of the time, I am older than them... UGH!!! (that's okay, its better than the alternative.)

"That's the ticket"
Ju wanna go