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Words/phrases rarely heard anymore
beneteau
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Mosey: To wander or shuffle about leisurely
Lollygag/lollygagging: Spend time aimlessly; idle
Davenport: Sofa/couch
Icebox: Refrigerator
Simoleon: One dollar
Chifforobe: A closet-like piece of furniture that combines a long space for hanging clothes
Bit (money): The bit is equal to one eighth of a dollar or 12 ? cents
Fair to middling: Mediocre, pretty good
I know there's lots more. What are they?
Lollygag/lollygagging: Spend time aimlessly; idle
Davenport: Sofa/couch
Icebox: Refrigerator
Simoleon: One dollar
Chifforobe: A closet-like piece of furniture that combines a long space for hanging clothes
Bit (money): The bit is equal to one eighth of a dollar or 12 ? cents
Fair to middling: Mediocre, pretty good
I know there's lots more. What are they?
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thank you Mr. president, that was the right thing to do...........
Telephone switchboard.
Thank you.
Mam.
Sir.
I'm sorry.
Excuse me.
Pardon me.
catywhompus- off kilter, crooked.
thank you Mr. president, that was the right thing to do...........
In the same vein-"Whopperjawed"
"Hornswaggle"
I said that yesterday! My wife said the paper came and I went out in the freezing cold to get it. She was wrong so I stormed back in and yelled:
"I've been hornswaggled!"
Neal
Balderdash
Scudding
Theremin
Darning
Dog's Breakfast
No Hill fer a Stepper
The More You Whirl that Turd, the more it stinks
That's a pile o Bandini
That
You almost never hear "blatherskite".
The word "that" was a widely used word until 10:13 AM on 28 March 2015. It was killed by bpost. There was an earlier attempt to kill "that" but it took the Coup de gr?ce from bpost to finish it.
I use lollygag and catawampus a lot. Everybody should know that too much lollygagging can cause things to get all catawampus.
A phrase I'd like to see die a quick death is "I mean" at the beginning of a sentence.
quote:Originally posted by DBV
"Hornswaggle"
I said that yesterday! My wife said the paper came and I went out in the freezing cold to get it. She was wrong so I stormed back in and yelled:
"I've been hornswaggled!"
A similar word that I like is "hoodwinked".
My apologies for saying "that" again. [:D]
"waterpump pliers"
I've been hoodwinked.
Tom
..I believe the term is from an initiation ceremony performed by the
Masons, though I've been known to be wrong from time to time.
Please.
Thank you.
Mam.
Sir.
I'm sorry.
Excuse me.
Pardon me.
I wish that wasn't so true.[V]
for front steps. Now I grew up in Albany , N.Y. that was settled by the Dutch back in 1609 or so. Maybe its just a local expression based on the Dutch.
Also " Parlor " for living room.
Please.
Thank you.
Mam.
Sir.
I'm sorry.
Excuse me.
Pardon me.
Yep, it all has to do with the highly perverted, modern-day, progressive American society that we have become.
Cosmic
Ciphering
Maggie's Drawers
skidaddle
fiddlesticks
Groovy
Cosmic
Ciphering
Maggie's Drawers
skidaddle
fiddlesticks
The dreaded Maggie and her drawers!!!!!!![:D][:D][:D]
Something I bet everyone of you has, but calls it something else.
"waterpump pliers"
We always called those Channellocks, didn't matter who manufactured them. Kind of like every tissue is a Kleenex.
THAT is enough
THAT is it
THAT is done
THAT is what I'm saying
THAT right
THAT way
THAT o.k.
THAT,,,,,
I really like our president
Peculator pot
Laundry ringer (my moms still calls the dryer that)[:I][:o)]
[;)][8D]
"Discombobulated"
"Bamboozled"
I still say, "Ice box."
Fiddlesticks
Heavens to Betsy/Murgatroyd
Clean as a hounds tooth
Scarce as hen's teeth
Licketysplit
Two shakes of a lamb's tail
Quicker than you can say Jack Robinson
In a pig's eye
Your father's moustache
The bee's knees
The cat's pajamas
The life of Riley
According to Hoyle
Not for love nor money
A month of Sundays
Once in a blue moon
A *'s age
A snail's pace
Who'd of thunk THAT?
How about, "I won a Kasey auction two Sundays in a row!"
Who'd of thunk THAT?
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catywhompus- off kilter, crooked.
thank you Mr. president, that was the right thing to do...........
You must have watched the Wisconsin basketball game Saturday.
Something I bet everyone of you has, but calls it something else.
"waterpump pliers"
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