What's a fun old-fashioned phrase that you like and want to keep alive?

[AmandaYVR]

In honour of my dad, who still to this day, says this phrase, which I love

There are so many that I like. For ex:

Hot diggity
Lickety split
Tickety boo
Okeedokee
Frick and frack
Flotsam and jestsam
Bad juju
Great balls of fire
Heebie jeebies
Hideeho
Hocus pocus
Fiddle dee dee
Whippersnapper
The whole shebang
Jumpin' jehosaphat
Thingamabob
Bob's your uncle
The cat's meow
'Til the cows come home
A different kettle of fish
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

[sejla]

schmuck and schmooze. I have no idea how a midwest girl picked up yiddish words along the way but they work very well for many occasions.

Something my mom used to tell us..
We could go barefoot when the lilacs came out and the bumble bees.

[NicoD]

A schmuck is a term used in the in old days when someone was an idiot or dumbass.

[sejla]

@NicoD but I don't think I picked it up from my family and I can't see anyone around me saying it.

[Wowgirl30q]

Shit fire save matches, fuck a duck and see what hatches

[AmandaYVR]

Lmao. Wha? Those are sooo cute.

[JayParris]

Tickety-boo sounds like something a cop whispers to himself when he pops you for speeding while he's hiding behind some bushes.

[NicoD]

I'm a hot dam and lickety split type of guy. But I would put a 2019 spin on Whippersnapper cause that can go so many ways.

[SirRexington]

I still use whippersnapper as a joke sometimes.

Whatchamacallit
Radical (not that old but still)
Sick
Holy hobgoblin
Jimble jambles
Ringadingding
Cats outta the bag
Ruckus
Fracas
Bologna
Red rubber ducky
Shakumup
Ridonculous
Hot digity damn (my personal favorite)
Wowza

[AmandaYVR]

Have you seen the 'Pineapple Express' movie with Seth Rogen and James Franco? Some really funny dialogue in there. I like the play on 'cat's out of the bag', when Franco the stoner says instead, "Monkey's out of the bottle, Man!" Cracks me up every time.

[Wowgirl30q]

Good for you

[Lliam]

Jeepers creepers
Jesus H. Christ
What in the royal hell!
Golly wumpus
Pot calling the kettle black
Gee willikers
Whoopty do
That opens up a whole new can of worms
Spiffy
Holy Moley
Shiver me timbers
Skeedaddle
Heavens to Betsy

[AmandaYVR]

Good list. I like shiver me timbers, esp. I looked it up...
Goes back to 1883
"Shiver me timbers" is an exclamation in the form of a mock oath usually attributed to the speech of pirates in works of fiction. It is employed as a literary device by authors to express shock, surprise or annoyance.

[Anpu23]

These are old fashioned? I still use many of them.
Some I like
Hence
Wherefore
Wareman (an archaic term for a male human man being originally gender neutral)
Shan't. (Contraction shall not)

[AmandaYVR]

I like proper Old English too. But it's not really funny. It sounds quite elegant.
I like how the Brits still say "whilst'. You don't hear that over here in North America at all. I like words that differentiate cultures though.

[Anpu23]

My mother was an actress and grilled words into me and my brother. Such words of the day as miasma. She also had a disdain for"crass language" and would chastise us saying "everyone knows THOSE eords" which began my love of archaic swear words and phrases.

[AmandaYVR]

Is "eord" a typo? I can't find a definition anywhere in Google.

[Anpu23]

Yes, damned android keyboard... "words" l am terribly sorry.

[Justacatlady]

I say that’s the cats meow all the time. I also really like gee golly

[AmandaYVR]

Lol. I wonder how a young guy, say around 22ish, would feel if a girl or woman said, "You're the cat's meow, you know that?" He might be very puzzled. But then he should go look it up. We all have computers are our fingertips.

[NickiB]

Do I look like booboo the fool?
I always liked that 1.

[AmandaYVR]

Lol. I've never heard that one! Wonder if it's regional.
I like to say, "Heeey Boo Boo!" which is an old Yogi Bear cartoon reference.

[NickiB]

😂😂😂 i have no clue but that would be too funny if that's where it came from.

[GD360]

OMG yesss lol boo boo da foo

[AmandaYVR]

www.urbandictionary.com/define.php

[bolverk]

Blood & Sand a replacement for swear words for when your in company were swearing would be frowned upon.
Bummocks as above.

[AmandaYVR]

Blood and sand is interesting. Never heard it. Can you say it in an angry voice? "Blood and sand!"?

[bolverk]

Oh yes used as an exclamation, the phrase is from Yorkshire, England (A polite way of saying bloody hell) also Blood and Sand is one of the few classic mixed drinks that includes Scotch whisky. It was named for Rudolph Valentino's 1922 bullfighter movie Blood and Sand. The red juice of the blood orange in the drink helped link it with the film..

[AmandaYVR]

Fascinating.

[mrkdvsn]

When I was young my mom would sometimes say - "Yer durn tootin".
I think it's from an old Quaker Oats cereal commercial.

[GD360]

Lol made my day

[AmandaYVR]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4Je2WxsqWA

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

You need to weed the good people from the bad when
your making new friends , i heard this used by my late Mother
many times. I don't know if many heard of this one or not?

[clampfan101]

I wish the word “gay” simply meant “happy” like it used to. Remember Singin’ In the Rain? There was an altered version of the most famous song, changing the word “gay” to “fine” or something. So stupid.

[SuccessfulHornDog]

persnickety
Rapscallions
Tomfoolery
Shenanigans

[AmandaYVR]

Very good ones.

[SuccessfulHornDog]

I regularly use the last two in order to support their reintroduction into society

[trapper1738]

"hell's bells" my grandmother said it and I've taken the task of keeping the phrase as alive as I can lol

[biffthewonderdog]

Thingamabob

[HotJealousy]

As a posh British guy I still say quite a few of those 😂 I say "Bad juju" like every day

[actually_Megan]

I love "the bee's knees" and "the whole shebang" too. Those are great.

[AcidT0y]

I still say Tickety Boo xD
My dad says it sometimes and I just picked it up cos i liked the sound. Not gonna lie I just assumed he made it up til just now. Never heard anyone else say it xD

[Nobody_95]

Fiddlesticks
Shenanigans
Hunky dory
Whatchamacallit

[Sevenpointfive]

i heard this girl say "rats". it was pretty adorable.

[Wowgirl30q]

Me😁

[Sevenpointfive]

@Wowgirl30q really? are you a hipster? i suppose the artwork makes sense.

[Wowgirl30q]

No I'm a redneck

[Wowgirl30q]

Awwww rats!

[Sevenpointfive]

@Wowgirl30q a redneck really?

[Wowgirl30q]

Yawww

[Sevenpointfive]

@Wowgirl30q i don't know if that's a yeehaw, or a y'all

[loveslongnails]

Wow, those are some old, rickety expressions. I can do without 90% of them. I will sometimes use "the whole nine yards", but the one I really like to use for saying something's a no brainer, or easy, is
"It's like shootin' fish in a barrel."

[Ally247]

Most fun old fashioned phrases are still kept alive in Britain, it's a normality

[AmandaYVR]

Yeah, you guys got lots of fun stuff. I'm jealous. Much older culture.

[Ally247]

It gets a tad annoying though 😅

[SydneySentinel]

I like the Bees Knees. I say heebie jeebies all the time when I get the heebie jeebies.

[AmandaYVR]

Me too (heebie jeebies)

[Gabrielskaddadle]

More of an educational one. Hell hath no fury like a women scorned

[AmandaYVR]

A cautionary tale for sure.

[Dirtyoldman73]

"Best to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt"

[Jamie05rhs]

whippersnappers. I use it in an affectionate way, though.

[AmandaYVR]

Me too.

[Jamie05rhs]

Haha cool

[Daniel3035]

Oh you know "six of the best" (joking never been hit before) probably "humbug" I don't know why tho.

[AmandaYVR]

Que?

[Daniel3035]

ummm you know what six of the best is right? The cane that was my joke we shouldn't bring it back. But humbug is an old fashioned phrase I heard and liked.

[AmandaYVR]

No, but I looked it up now. Sounds like a phrase from another time, for sure. They'd yell 'child abuse!' now.

[Daniel3035]

You don't know about the cane aren't you 46? O;

[AmandaYVR]

I was made to stand in the corner. I thought that was the most humiliating experience possible. I was quietly plotting my revenge. Could have been a lot worse though, I suppose.

[Daniel3035]

Oh wow that’s rare so im told apparently everyone in Britain got caned at school or at home very rarely did anyone not get hit. Unless your from USA in which case it was the paddle.
I was never hit though they banned it after my birth so spoilt me 😋 but well I can still see it in old peoples eyes they want to hit us.

[AmandaYVR]

Lmao. Maybe us Canadians have always been pacifists.

[Daniel3035]

YAY ! Canada @= of course in Canada they don't hit kids and make noice maple syrup.

[AmandaYVR]

[Daniel3035]

😯 I don’t know who that ricky guy is but a hockey stick gimme @=

[AmandaYVR]

Yeah the Rick Moranis part is old (he's a goofy movie comedian who's a bit dated now) but otherwise a funny joke.

[Daniel3035]

Unfortunately we never heard of them we probably would have if social media existed back then. But kinda glad I wasn't there back then either because guaranteed I would have a sore behind every week being told "it helps turn kids to men/women" or "it's wrong to not hit a child as punishment" my only gripe with not wanting to be born in the 60's and 70's.

[steelwill211]

Tomfoolery, what the dickens?

[Massageman]

Elvira- ba-boom-ba, ba-boom-ba, ba-boom-ba, ba-mow-mow.

[DWornock]

Work my fingers to the bone!
I work like a nigger!
I do declare!

[TangoCharliePDX]

Okie dukie artichokie...

[AmandaYVR]

Okie 'dokie', right?

[TangoCharliePDX]

Um, yeah. Where's the BLEEPing edit button?

[GDG44]

Fiddlesticks!

[AmandaYVR]

Just looked up its origin. It's the bows used to play violins.

[Secret6620]

Dry as a Bone and Licking your chops
😆♥️😆

[TheMadAsshatter85]

"... can't tell shit from Shinola."

[andreasderjuengere]

I like to use:
'Nay!'
and
'Rapscallion'

[Vonspyder]

Tail over teakettle.

[AmandaYVR]

Oh, "a tumble or a fall." Taught me something new.
English.stackexchange.com/search

[Vonspyder]

Can't swing a cat without hitting something.

[Thotkiana]

Gee wiz, wowzers
Gee wilikers

[GreenGold1992]

all that and a bag of chips

[PositiveT]

Done & Dusted.

[AmandaYVR]

Had to look this one up.
"If something is done and dusted, it is finished or decided and there is nothing more to be said or done about it."
Here's a different site with some great origin info:
English.stackexchange.com/.../done-and-dusted

[GD360]

Boom Shackalaka lol

[AmandaYVR]

Yeah!

[Saccharissa]

... Whole shebang is old? Well now *I* feel old.

[coolbreeze]

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

[PondyPand]

Toodle loo 😂

[Darknut]

How bout lets go make whoopy

[ArrowheadSW]

"That is a CROCK!"

[AmandaYVR]

Wonder where that comes from. Was it a bed pan? Or a crock pot maybe.

[ArrowheadSW]

I know... I always wondered myself.

[tara987]

Jeez Louise

[CuriousMufuxka]

Things sure aren't the same as they used to be.

[Furuok]

SPIN IT! And win

[TimmahFTW]

Yuppie-Kye-A Motherfucker!
When pigs fly.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

That's radical bro

[oddwaffle]

Going pear shape.

[Cybernizer]

Booyah

[AmandaYVR]

That's fun to say. Wonder where that originated from.