Words from our childhood.

Lost Words from our childhood:

Mergatroyd!... Do you remember that word? Would you believe the email spell checker did not recognize the word Mergatroyd? Heavens to Mergatroyd!

The other day a not so elderly (I say 75) lady said something to her son about driving a Jalopy and he looked at her quizzically and said "What the heck is a Jalopy?" He never heard of the word jalopy!! She knew she was old..... but not that old. Well, I hope you are Hunky Dory after you read this and chuckle.

About a month ago, I illuminated some old expressions that have become obsolete because of the inexorable march of technology.

These phrases included "Don't touch that dial," "Carbon copy," "You sound like a broken record" and "Hung out to dry."

Back in the olden days we had a lot of 'moxie' We'd put on our best 'bib and tucker' to' straighten up and fly right'.

Heavens to Betsy! Gee whillikers! Jumping Jehoshaphat! Holy moley!

We were 'in like Flynn' and 'living the life of Riley'', and even a regular guy couldn't accuse us of being a knucklehead, a nincompoop or a pill. Not for all the tea in China!

Back in the olden days, life used to be swell, but when's the last time anything was swell? Swell has gone the way of beehives, pageboys and the D.A.; of spats, knickers, fedoras, poodle skirts, saddle shoes and pedal pushers...AND DON'T FORGET.... Saddle Stitched Pants.

Oh, my aching back! Kilroy was here, but he isn't anymore.

We wake up from what surely has been just a short nap, and before we can say, Well, I'll be 'a monkey's uncle!' or, this is a 'fine kettle of fish'! We discover that the words we grew up with, the words that seemed omnipresent, as oxygen, have vanished with scarcely a notice from our tongues and our pens and our keyboards.

Poof, go the words of our youth, the words we've left behind. We blink, and they're gone.

Where have all those great phrases gone? Let's all go to the beach Saturday "...

Long gone: Pshaw, The milkman did it. Hey! It's your nickel. Don't forget to pull the chain. Knee high to a grasshopper.

Well, Fiddlesticks! Going like sixty. I'll see you in the funny papers. Don't take any wooden nickels. Wake up and smell the roses.

It turns out there are more of these lost words and expressions than Carter has liver pills. This can be disturbing stuff! ("Carter's Little Liver Pills" are gone too!)

We of a certain age have been blessed to live in changeable times. For a child each new word is like a shiny toy, a toy that has no age. We at the other end of the chronological arc have the advantage of remembering there are words that once did not exist and there were words that once strutted their hour upon the earthly stage and now are heard no more, except in our collective memory. It's one of the greatest advantages of aging.

Leaves us to wonder where Superman will find a phone booth...

See ya later, alligator!

Wait til your father gets home!
This country is going to (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) in a hand basket.
In a while crocodile!

That's awesome Beav!

Thanks Beav, you brought a smile to my face. yes remember them all.. I think. it sucks getting old.

I love using those phrases/idioms.

I got a hard double look the other day when I said "molly whop" .


Now all the flavor in language is done with silly signs.

I sent it to my English Major daughter. She'll get a kick out of it.

Atta boy Gary, take credit for something that isn't yours.

https://www.facebook.com/DoYouRemem...m-them-would-you-recog/1518312241564169/

Remember all of them, guess I must be old

I remember them all......but then I still use most of them today. Cracks folks up all the time. Some have no idea what I mean, others just laugh and say, "you talk funny".

Tell a teenager today that they're square, then watch the look on their face.

Or say someone is built like a brick crap house.

The worst is, write in cursive and watch a youngun try to read it.

Sitting by the camp fire with a teacher friend. She was moaning about how tired she was of hearing her middle school students say everything "Blows!" So I reminded her that in our day did we not say some of those same things "Sucked!"
I told her we needed to make a t-shirt to wear that said. "Does it Suck! or Blow!"

One that drove me nuts when my now 35 year old son was in his teens... SWEET! Everything was SWEET! I swear one of his buddies couldn't finish a sentence with out say SWEET!.


Mac

Yep, have youngersters working with us. they can not read cursive.

Where's my wooden spoon!!!

i still use many of them

I'll give you something to cry about.

"Do that too often and your face will stay like that."

Moosetrot

my 4 yr old even says holy moly.

What does it matter, the Beav made a cool post that brought back many memories.

Many of the words or phrases I heard from my mom, dad or both grandmas and grandpas were spoken in the old Czech language. Didn't know what they meant, but the way they were spoken I knew I was in trouble!!!!!

"In like Flynn" Beav "You better Honk"

Well, " If that isn't the Pot calling the Kettle Black"

Thank you!
Please!

My biggest peave is the school kids do not use Mr. and Mrs. when referring to or addressing their school teachers. Worse yet is that the teachers let them by with it! I've been out of school for 30 years and still use Mr. and Mrs. when referring or talking to my past teachers.

That sure is "the bees knees" Beav! Time to head to the crick and catch some muskrats!

Chris

Yes, toot sweet!

Pete and Repeat sat on a fence.

"People, I just want to say, you know, can we all JUST get along?"


Source: Rodney King on May 1,1992.

I'm at a girls(granddaughters) softball game benefit for the person who managed the indoor arena, that died in a car accident.

There was a young girl taking the team stats. I walked up and asked her was there one away? She looked at me, puzzled.

Her dad was just down a bit and told her, "that's if there's one out"! She's "Okay!" Shortly another out, her dad speaks up, "2 away"!

Then a third out. Her dad looks at her, "3 away"! I don't think she appreciated the education. Her dad loved it.

My dad invented time travel - I know this because he used to say "I'm gonna knock you into next week"!
He also said he'd "whip the tar outa me"... I always wondered:

1) How did this "tar" get inside me?
2) Is this "tar" causing me some other ill affects besides making me act up?
3) Was there some alternative method to remove it, other that "whipping it out"?

I remember all them too! When I was young it was "choice" or "rad"

Well I'll swan.

you don't leave it alone its gonna fall off

stop pickin your nose or you'll go cross-eyed

pay no attention to Hal.

my 3 best.

Anyone remember hanyak or hanyaker? Or how about, Hey snicklefritz.

I'll give you something to cry about

This is going to hurt me more than you

Do I have to stop this car?

If I have to tell you again......

Paditto, Slug Bug

If you don't behave,your dad will get---THE RAZOR STRAP.
Tom

Heck I Remember and still use most of those y'all. How about thank you ma'am, and thank you sir.

I told a young manager where I work if someone says “what fer” reply “cat fer to make kitten britches”
He laughed and laughed now he says it to me all the time

I say this at times at work people just look at me and laugh, Well I’ll be horn swaggled!

"Up to some Tom-Foolery"...