Rainbow Mage
Lib Democrat/Agnostic/Epicurean-ish/Buddhist-ish
Words and Phrases and just general slang that our parents and grandparents liked to use but we hardly hear them anymore. I'll get the ball rolling.
Peachy keen
Peachy keen
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Words and Phrases of Yesteryear
- Thread starter Rainbow Mage
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Darn Tootin'
Rapscallion! Hooligan!
Thou surly malmsey-nosed apple-john!
(think I went a little too far back in time on that one).
You'd better wipe that smirk off your face or I'm gonna sock you in the Puss (meaning mouth.)
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
Scallywag, knave, dapper, not*, psych*, radical, gnarly, bad (as in to the bone), etc.
*As in "You're cool....not!" and "There's a spider on your shoulder! Psych!"
*As in "You're cool....not!" and "There's a spider on your shoulder! Psych!"
or "Thou errant plume-plucked nut-hook!"
The nice thing about insulting people with Shakespeare quotes is that it just confuses people (they vaguely sense that they've been insulted, but you just slammed a part of their brain that they've never used before so they don't know how to react).
That is of course until the day that someone comes back with "In Truth??? Have at thee then!! Lead on McDuff!!!"
then you're in trouble.
Rainbow Mage
Lib Democrat/Agnostic/Epicurean-ish/Buddhist-ish
Mondo. Gnarly!
nnmartin
Well-Known Member
some of the terms I hear the older generation using would be very un-PC nowadays.
for instance, I sometimes hear the expression 'working like a black' - supposedly a humorous, though non offensive term for working hard.
(from an 80 year old person)
that term is laden with negative overtones, though when I questioned the speaker on this they couldn't understand what the fuss was about......
for instance, I sometimes hear the expression 'working like a black' - supposedly a humorous, though non offensive term for working hard.
(from an 80 year old person)
that term is laden with negative overtones, though when I questioned the speaker on this they couldn't understand what the fuss was about......
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
How could what that phrase implies be considered non offensive?
Rainbow Mage
Lib Democrat/Agnostic/Epicurean-ish/Buddhist-ish
Fit as a fiddle
