What do you say that is old fashioned ?

[bearfan454]

I say icebox for the refrigerator, pop for soda, beauty shop instead of salon, grocery store instead of supermarket, and repuke instead of criminal. What do you say ?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. pocketbook for a purse

[sniffa]

2. "tonic" for soda

"dungarees" for jeans.

"bubbLah" for water fountain.

[HEyHEY]

52. I refer to people as "Cat's" or "Kittens"

[maveric]

58. I havent used "tonic" for a long time.

Growing up in Boston we never used "soda".
I moved to FL in the 70's and asked for tonic. People thought I wanted some pharmcuetical drink.

[libertad]

3. TV Dinner

instead of "frozen meal" or whatever other people call them.

[ET Awful]

4. "Far out' is probably the most antiquated phrase I use :) n/t

[Misunderestimator]

10. Groovy...

Don't use it much, but I do use it.

[ET Awful]

11. So do I :) n/t

[terrya]

5. Pop for "soda"

:-)

[Misunderestimator]

6. Heavens to Betsy

Not really :D

That was one of my Mom's favorites... along with "Go to Blazes!"

[Terran]

40. My mom says

"H-E-double toothpicks!" and sometimes "H-E-double hockeysticks!" :)

[ScreamingMeemie]

46. Your mother wears combat boots! is a favorite of my dad.

:hi: and "blow it out your barracks bag!"

[Misunderestimator]

47. LOL... haven't heard of those...

:hi:

My mom always used to sing "Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy... A kid'll eat ivy too, wouldn't you?" Not that that has anything to do with anything. :)

[ScreamingMeemie]

55. But it's funny!

:hi:

My father also has the annoying habit of getting mad at other drivers and calling them "roundheads". A throwback to when that was a malicious name for Norwegians...who were the equivalent of Poles...

Sheesh, his mouth should be washed out with soap. ;)

[Misunderestimator]

56. Or "hot-sauced"

[markus]

7. Bedclothes

for sheets, linens, whatever. Makes my wife giggle.

[Xipe Totec]

8. Goat Roper for Phony Cowboy

South Texas colloquialism.

[fudge stripe cookays]

27. Aaah Goat Roper.

I've not heard that expression in some time...

FSC
(relatives in south Texas)

[Xipe Totec]

32. Was Common in the 70's

In the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Don't know what they use now, maybe they just call them Dubyas.

:evilgrin:

[fudge stripe cookays]

35. Yup. Family was in Weslaco in the 70s.

Do you remember a little amusement park called "Six Shooter Junction?"

Just curious. Some "bandits" tried to rob our kiddie train there, and I hassled the robbers when I was 8. My family and most of the people on the train were laughing their butts off.

[Xipe Totec]

53. Six Shooter Junction? Sounds Familiar

But I was never there. My stomping grounds were more to the west; Mission, McAllen, Edinburg. Ever visit Pan Am campus?

[fudge stripe cookays]

64. No, but my aunt went there in the late 60s/early 70s.

I went to that old mall in McAllen once when I was little. I think we went to find my one cousin a prom dress.

If you ever meet anyone with last name of Gravlin or Rennscheidt, they're family of mine.

What about the nutty guy who lived off the main highway in Weslaco who kept trying to contact flying saucers? My grandma's house was down the road from that.

FSC

[Xipe Totec]

69. Yup, That's My Time Frame Too

I remember a story about somebody reporting a Big Bird on the CB.

Don't recall those last names. Sorry.

[meegbear]

9. Been my thing for '04 ....

been using in conversation:

Oh Pershaw!
Bully for you!
Fiddle Faddle!

and other phrases like that.

I figure swears are so common, people would be shocked when they hear it. And they usually are.

[Butterflies]

12. Occasionally I say mimeograph machine for copy machine

by accident. I'm not THAT old, it must be left over in my brain from elementary school.

[mrboba1]

13. Holy crap!

Isn't that old fashioned?
The dad on "Raymond" says it and he's old...
right?

[calico1]

14. Pocketbook, bedclothes,

dungarees, remote control, beauty parlor, container of milk (not carton), TV dinner.

I am sure there are more. I can't think of them right now.

Edit: Another one: bureau (instead of dresser).

[arwalden]

15. "Oh, Bother!" and "I-Swanee"

[Mizmoon]

16. floppy drive

tho I ain't seen an actualy floppy disk since 1988.

[bearfan454]

17. Sometimes I say something is hip or cool.

I don't think hip or cool are hip or cool any more.

[Lancer]

18. pure-T

for "just plain" or "downright" as in "Jon Stewart is pure-T funny."

[calico1]

19. Does anyone ever say

"culottes" anymore? Sometimes I slip and call them that. My hubby to be also calls all capri style pants "clam diggers." LOL

[Misunderestimator]

20. I'm with your hubby... I call them clam diggers too.

[Lavender Brown]

23. Didn't capris used to be called "pedal pushers" too?

[bearfan454]

43. Or high waters

Expecting a flood ?

[ScreamingMeemie]

44. Pedal pushers here sometimes.

:hi:

[parasim]

21. "Cat's Pajamas"

also:

"reefer"
"you dig?"
"far out!"
"groovy"
"Put that in your pipe and smoke it"

[ihaveaquestion]

22. Album for CD n/t

[fudge stripe cookays]

28. I still do that.

Way to much working at record stores (not CD stores) in the 80s co-opted my ability for modern jargon.

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[djeseru]

37. Still do that too.

Ditto my record store days as well. The "wrecka stow"...

[woofless]

24. Please and Thank You

Excuse me.

Who farted?

[pagerbear]

25. Egad!

[Mick Knox]

26. Dig it

[JVS]

29. Pop is not old fashioned, but rather mid-western

[HEyHEY]

70. And Canadian

[Mr. McD]

30. The Fuzz

It occasionally comes out when referring to cops.:)

[soothsayer]

31. I still call "CVS" "People's" (for People's Drug)

I don't cotton to change...

[ScreamingMeemie]

45. Heh. I call it "Arbor Drug". That's what it was here. And "Perry's"

for Rite Aid. Old habits do indeed die hard. :)

[DemOverseas]

66. Love that Cotton Phrase

Living room=front room
Drawers=underpants=skivies
Cupboard=counter top
Sun tans= Chino pants

[henslee]

33. In NY, people say "food order" as in... I'm going to the supermarket

and picking up a food order. They also say pizza pie.

[Ron Green]

34. "wristwatch"

...I guess from the days that a "watch" was in the pocket.

[Book Lover]

36. McNeil/Leher

"The News Hour" could be any damn news show...

[Terran]

38. "You bet your bottom dollar"

and other such phrases that my mother, a Depression Baby, is prone to use. I can't seem to stop, they're part of my genetic make-up!

Also, "Oh Lordy!", from my grandmother (1890-1979)

[Mara Steele]

39. Used to say "my goodness!" until it became a Rumsfeld-ism...

Same for "heavens to betsy, no!"

:D

Can't bring myself to use them anymore, though. :puke: Can do a pretty good Rummy impression, though. Specially if I'm a bit 'rummy me self, ha ha ha!!!

:D

[Terran]

41. "Bloody Hell!"

Not sure if the English still use that currently, but I've liked and used it since I was in college (20 plus years).

[lukasahero]

62. I use that alot too.

Too much Buffy, I think. :)

[Terran]

68. It's very satisfying, don't you think?

It has vehemence without being overly profane (by American standards).

"Oooh bloody HELL." It's good at conveying disgust, too.

[ScreamingMeemie]

42. I say "sideboard" instead of buffet, "davenport" instead of "couch",

"raised up", as in, "We were raised up to respect our parents" even though I know it's bad English. :hi:

[Terran]

49. My grandmother said "davenport" too

And "oleo" for margerine. And "den" for whatever room the TV was in.

[redqueen]

48. Geegaws

My goodness

I didn't even know grocery store was old fashioned, but I say that too.

People give me a hard time for saying 'ya' see' (as in, 'I woulda watered the tree this weekend but there's this problem with the faucet out front, ya see...') but I don't know if that's old fashioned or if it just sounds weird.

Is 'katywompus' old fashioned?

I think I say a lot of old fashioned/weird stuff but it's not weird to me. I only realize it when someone gives me a hard time for it.

[franmarz]

50. Old fashioned sayings

I still say this-a-way and that-a-way, but that is a Texas slang rather than old fashioned word. How about oil mop, which no one has seen in decades?

[blindpig]

51. "that's the cat's pajamas"

also hunky dory(sp?), gesundheit. I also refer to the French as Franks and Iran as Persia. I am an old fuck after all.

[Dukkha]

54. "Banker's Hours"

non existent now

the same as "9 to 5" How I'd love to work those hours :(

Mail order "allow 4 to 6 weeks for delivery"

Do milk men even exist anymore?

TV repair techs or the "handyman" seem extinct too.

[Gothic Sponge]

57. I call my CD player a Victrola!

Just kidding!

[Endangered Specie]

59. The Commode.

Seemingly old fashioned term for toilet.

[Endangered Specie]

60. Billfolder

(Wallet)

[lukasahero]

61. "Geez Louise" and "crikey"

I'm trying to stop swearing. ;-)

My SO uses "Good grief" alot - everyone thinks he's Charlie Brown.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

65. I use Geez Louise a lot too...

My 6 year old has picked it up...cute!

[yellowcanine]

63. "Cool" and "Neat" also "not too swift" as in "those swifties are not too

swift."

[gollygee]

67. all sorts of brady bunch stuff

Drat
Pop
Davenport
Billfold - drives my husband crazy when I say that instead of wallet

I'll have to keep thinking about this. LOL