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Crazy words u heard or expressions growing up
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Ahh gonna nee' 'bout tree fitty!!
I like Charlie Sheen's use of the word "Epic", and "Goddess". LOL Very catchy.
An expression my dad said when I was growing up was "Spending money you don't have to buy things you don't need to impress people you don't even like."
"That's a pipe dream"
"Put THAT in your pipe and smoke it"
"Put THAT in your pipe and smoke it"
.....about (put in distance here) as the crow flies.
.....that money is burning a hole in your pocket.
.....don't make me come down there and put my foot up your arshe....that was one of my favorites from Dad.
..... it's about yea long....
.....that money is burning a hole in your pocket.
.....don't make me come down there and put my foot up your arshe....that was one of my favorites from Dad.
..... it's about yea long....
My dad had some funny expressions that came from the 'old country'.
When talking about a foolish person he would say, "he doesn't have the sense to come in out of the rain".
When talking about a nosey person he would say, "she would look up your [censored] to see if your hat was on straight".
He once said about a kid in my class who had straight A's but 'didn't have the sense to come in out of the rain', "there's a thin line between a genious and an idiot".
He (and my mother) had a million more expressions but I would have to write a book....
Both of my parents had known what it was like to be hungry (my mom was a child in Europe during WW2 while my dad fought in WW2 [for America]). When my parents would see Americans throwing food
in the garbage (mostly in cafeterias, restaurants etc....they would say, "there will come a day...." Unfortunately that day may be closer than they thought.
When talking about a foolish person he would say, "he doesn't have the sense to come in out of the rain".
When talking about a nosey person he would say, "she would look up your [censored] to see if your hat was on straight".
He once said about a kid in my class who had straight A's but 'didn't have the sense to come in out of the rain', "there's a thin line between a genious and an idiot".
He (and my mother) had a million more expressions but I would have to write a book....
Both of my parents had known what it was like to be hungry (my mom was a child in Europe during WW2 while my dad fought in WW2 [for America]). When my parents would see Americans throwing food
in the garbage (mostly in cafeterias, restaurants etc....they would say, "there will come a day...." Unfortunately that day may be closer than they thought.
A country saying my Dad used when something tasted very good.....larapin. "That ice cream sure was larapin."
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I guess it can replace an exclamation point.
I guess it can replace an exclamation point.
I grew up in Georgia where no one drinks a soda, pop, Dr Pepper, Pepsi, cola...etc... everything is a "CoCola" or sweet tea. Not Coca Cola. "Cō'Cōluh"
They also can't pluralize money. You wouldn't say, "Five dollars and ninety nine cents." You would say "Five dollar ninety nine cent."
But far and away the funniest expressions were New Englanders. My grandmother is from New Hampshire. They are pretty funny, but Mainers beat everyone. From that funny "eeyuh" noise they make to punctuate a sentence to some of the things they say. Like old guys saying derogatory things about Canadians referring to them as "Johnny Canuck". Funny stuff "eeeyuh".
They also can't pluralize money. You wouldn't say, "Five dollars and ninety nine cents." You would say "Five dollar ninety nine cent."
But far and away the funniest expressions were New Englanders. My grandmother is from New Hampshire. They are pretty funny, but Mainers beat everyone. From that funny "eeyuh" noise they make to punctuate a sentence to some of the things they say. Like old guys saying derogatory things about Canadians referring to them as "Johnny Canuck". Funny stuff "eeeyuh".
Referring to a speed as "twenty mile an hour"
Referring to a prices as "about twenty buck"
"You look like you been rode hard and put away wet"
"You're a gaylord" (a favorite in elementary school in the '70s)
Referring to a toddler as a "Tricycle motor"
My grandfather telling me "Don't take any wooden nickels" as some sort of sage advice
Referring to a prices as "about twenty buck"
"You look like you been rode hard and put away wet"
"You're a gaylord" (a favorite in elementary school in the '70s)
Referring to a toddler as a "Tricycle motor"
My grandfather telling me "Don't take any wooden nickels" as some sort of sage advice
This is fun. You guys make me feel old and/or out of touch. These expression are used every day and do not seem crazy to me.
When the dead's hardfought principals are trampled, and forgotten, many speak of the forefather " ... rolling in the grave!" where it should be, "... Roiling in the grave". This is totally lost from current culture or recorded history.
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Oddly my great great uncle was the also great author, Herman Melville, though I am lucky to put two words together.
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Oddly my great great uncle was the also great author, Herman Melville, though I am lucky to put two words together.
The "yoopers" (people from the "U-P" or upper peninsula of Michigan, call us people in the lower penninsula "trolls" because we live "under" the bridge.
People who like the solitude up there like to tell tourists have a nice trip back home and when you get over the bridge..........Burn it!
People who like the solitude up there like to tell tourists have a nice trip back home and when you get over the bridge..........Burn it!
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In the 5th grade, one of the kids started using the non-word "reflicted". He was the kid who came to school reeking of marijuana and always had "weed eyes" first thing in the morning.
As far as I could tell, it was a combination of the words "retarded" and "conflicted".
If so, I didn't give the little burnout enough credit. He was usually in my study group and he never really contributed anything beyond, "Huh...."
Anyway, the non-word spread throughout the school like wildfire. Pretty soon all the kids were using it. "We had a reflicted quiz. Tyrell is so reflicted....etc..."
As far as I could tell, it was a combination of the words "retarded" and "conflicted".
Anyway, the non-word spread throughout the school like wildfire. Pretty soon all the kids were using it. "We had a reflicted quiz. Tyrell is so reflicted....etc..."
Growing up in ND, we:
drove "pickups"
drank "pop"
ate "dinner" and lunch
ate "supper" and dinner
flip-flops were "thongs"
"tennishoes" (I know it's spelled wrong, but that's how we pronounced it) were all forms of sneakers
drove "pickups"
drank "pop"
ate "dinner" and lunch
ate "supper" and dinner
flip-flops were "thongs"
"tennishoes" (I know it's spelled wrong, but that's how we pronounced it) were all forms of sneakers
When I was a kid in E. Texas, we went to the "picture show" and kept our perishable items in the "ice box". Seems silly now.
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