Old-Fashioned Words and Phrases

Holly.88 · 07-11-2011, 12:46 AM

Bend and pat: to bend your knees and pat your feet on the ground; to walk.
How am I gonna get there?
You better bend and pat!

Don't eat the dead ones!: a warning to not eat boiled crawfish that aren't curled up because any that have straight tails were dead before they were boiled.
Y'all enjoy, but remember, don't eat the dead ones!

Poke and grits: to poke your feet under the table and grit your teeth
Mom, what's for supper tonight?
Poke and grits!

Venus007 · 07-11-2011, 05:51 AM

23 skidoo meaning to leave advantageously or to be bum rushed out depending on how it was used

oh and probably (although I use the phrase) bum rush which means to be thrown out from around 1910 apparently the phrase received a revival in the 1980s and came to mean to be slammed into a fence, wall or other surface by someone taking a run at you

Oh and one more, shrive, it means to forgive sins or obtain forgiveness by confession
the past tense is used still today, shrove, as in shrove Tuesday for lent (aka Mardi Gras)

Dante · 07-11-2011, 05:16 PM

It's not over til the fat lady sings ...

Holly.88 · 07-11-2011, 05:34 PM

Close! But no cigar.

Dante · 07-11-2011, 06:03 PM

Going to kick you into next week ...

girl_dee · 07-11-2011, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dante

Going to kick you into next week ...

and as my mom would say...

and beat you again on Thursday.

girl_dee · 07-11-2011, 06:10 PM

cheapskate...

"tighter than a crab's ass"

Ms. Meander · 07-13-2011, 02:51 PM

Chinwag -

–verb
1. to chat idly; gossip.

–noun
2. an idle chat; gossiping.

07-11-2011, 05:51 AM	#2
Venus007 Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: Serene Highness ;} Relationship Status: Dreamily contemplating some outrage against conventional morality Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Houston area Posts: 1,362 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,417 Thanked 4,749 Times in 1,139 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	The grandaddy of popular American slang 23 skidoo meaning to leave advantageously or to be bum rushed out depending on how it was used oh and probably (although I use the phrase) bum rush which means to be thrown out from around 1910 apparently the phrase received a revival in the 1980s and came to mean to be slammed into a fence, wall or other surface by someone taking a run at you Oh and one more, shrive, it means to forgive sins or obtain forgiveness by confession the past tense is used still today, shrove, as in shrove Tuesday for lent (aka Mardi Gras) __________________ . "I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction. " Ayn Rand, Anthem "So you'll die happily for your sins. You'd rather die in guilt then live in love?" Timothy Leary

07-11-2011, 05:16 PM	#3
Dante Member How Do You Identify?: Stone Butch Top Preferred Pronoun?: Hym Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: So. Calif. Posts: 419 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,248 Thanked 496 Times in 206 Posts Rep Power: 3481782	It's not over til the fat lady sings ... __________________ Goooooooo LAKERS !!!!!!

07-11-2011, 06:03 PM	#5
Dante Member How Do You Identify?: Stone Butch Top Preferred Pronoun?: Hym Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: So. Calif. Posts: 419 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,248 Thanked 496 Times in 206 Posts Rep Power: 3481782	Going to kick you into next week ... __________________ Goooooooo LAKERS !!!!!!

07-13-2011, 02:51 PM	#8
Ms. Meander Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Queer Femme Relationship Status: Ethical Nonmonogamist Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Mountains Posts: 1,520 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,706 Thanked 5,211 Times in 1,147 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	I don't think I've used this one yet... Chinwag - –verb 1. to chat idly; gossip. –noun 2. an idle chat; gossiping. __________________ My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart. - Maya Angelou

07-11-2011, 12:46 AM	#1
Holly.88 Member How Do You Identify?: Male and Unc to my God Son Preferred Pronoun?: Him, he, and 'hey, handsome' :P Relationship Status: She said "Yes!" Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: NOLA Posts: 285 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 230 Thanked 654 Times in 224 Posts Rep Power: 3156407	Bend and pat: to bend your knees and pat your feet on the ground; to walk. How am I gonna get there? You better bend and pat! Don't eat the dead ones!: a warning to not eat boiled crawfish that aren't curled up because any that have straight tails were dead before they were boiled. Y'all enjoy, but remember, don't eat the dead ones! Poke and grits: to poke your feet under the table and grit your teeth Mom, what's for supper tonight? Poke and grits!

07-11-2011, 05:34 PM	#4
Holly.88 Member How Do You Identify?: Male and Unc to my God Son Preferred Pronoun?: Him, he, and 'hey, handsome' :P Relationship Status: She said "Yes!" Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: NOLA Posts: 285 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 230 Thanked 654 Times in 224 Posts Rep Power: 3156407	Close! But no cigar.

07-11-2011, 06:10 PM	#7
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