Old-Fashioned Words and Phrases

Ms. Meander · 07-13-2011, 03:23 PM

give your head a wobble - to ask someone to re-think what they have said

Soft*Silver · 07-13-2011, 07:20 PM

If I said "Mom, I'm hungry!" Momma would say "go upstairs and eat a dead monkey..."

DoReMiFemme · 07-13-2011, 07:33 PM

I'm not sure how particularly old-fashioned this is, but my grandma uses it and so do I:

passel - a large group of people or things; a pack.

I usually refer to the dogs in my home as a "passel of demons." Okay, there are only three of them but they sure feel like a larger pack when they all clamber around to say hi when I get home.

Gráinne · 07-13-2011, 09:58 PM

Any sentence followed by "Bless her heart" (as in, "She's a little dim, bless her heart")
She doesn't have the sense God gave a billy goat
Mind your P's and Q's (oops, that's been said-oh well)
Don't be a flibberdegibbet
Don't read me the entire magillah (from mother)
All that and a bag of chips
The bee's knees
I wanna knock you into next week! (meaning a punch, or..something

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A bird in hand is worth two in the bush
Robbing Peter to pay Paul

07-13-2011, 03:23 PM	#1
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	give your head a wobble - to ask someone to re-think what they have said __________________ 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

07-13-2011, 07:20 PM	#2
SoftSilver Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: rose cottage Posts: 5,592 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 8,948 Thanked 15,894 Times in 4,062 Posts Rep Power*: 21474857	my momma use to say... If I said "Mom, I'm hungry!" Momma would say "go upstairs and eat a dead monkey..." __________________ Pole bachit, a lis chuye. The field sees, the forest hears

07-13-2011, 09:58 PM	#4
Gráinne Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Neither, nada, out of the box Preferred Pronoun?: My name always works Relationship Status: Happy whatever happens Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Little Rock Posts: 1,864 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,117 Thanked 7,386 Times in 1,457 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Any sentence followed by "Bless her heart" (as in, "She's a little dim, bless her heart") She doesn't have the sense God gave a billy goat Mind your P's and Q's (oops, that's been said-oh well) Don't be a flibberdegibbet Don't read me the entire magillah (from mother) All that and a bag of chips The bee's knees I wanna knock you into next week! (meaning a punch, or..something ) A bird in hand is worth two in the bush Robbing Peter to pay Paul __________________ The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one. ~Erma Bombeck

07-13-2011, 07:33 PM	#3
DoReMiFemme Member How Do You Identify?: Femme. Preferred Pronoun?: She, Her, Hey Lady! Join Date: May 2011 Location: The Desert, CA Posts: 206 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 486 Thanked 530 Times in 159 Posts Rep Power: 14218584	I'm not sure how particularly old-fashioned this is, but my grandma uses it and so do I: passel - a large group of people or things; a pack. I usually refer to the dogs in my home as a "passel of demons." Okay, there are only three of them but they sure feel like a larger pack when they all clamber around to say hi when I get home.