I occasionally use old-fashioned phrases in retaliation for more recent slang or dialect words which I'm exposed to and which people either don't want me to understand (the former ) or simply expect me to understand (the latter).
"Take it easy, Greasy...ya got a long way to slide!" "Plant you now, dig you later!" "Put an egg in your shoe and beat it!" "You're in like Flynn" "He's as well organized as a one-legged man in a butt-kickin' contest!" Hal
I use that all the time, "as all get out." Didn't know it was an old one since it's it has always been in my vocabulary.
My dad’s way to say stop of shut up was “can it”! I have no idea how the expression even found it’s way to my dad but we knew that when he said it, he meant business.
The last time someone said "quid pro quo" to me, I dumped a glass of iced tea on him. It's a long story......
Just a couple here.... for cars today they say "your ride" or "your wheels". In the 50's we used "kemp" or "short" : Jim: "We can't use my kemp tonight...it's got a dead battery." Larry: "That's OK..we can take my short !" Never heard of these words? I can believe it! Hal
I've never heard of them either @Hal Pollner . I know we never asked if someone wanted a ride. Instead, we would ask if they wanted us to carry them to the store. My dad still says it that way.
I was a California teenager and never heard those other than wheels. How about Flick for movie? Split for leave? Dig It for understand? Cool for OK?
Same with me. I'm not always sure what is considered acceptable english or something my ancestors made up and we still say it that way. I guess it doesn't matter as long as the majority of the people you talk with on a daily basis says it the same way. I don't know who made all the proper english grammar rules and truthfully, I don't even care.
We had a Los Angeles Rock & Roll radio announcer (KRKD) who used to say: "For all you Cats & Kittens riding around in your Car, Kemp, or Short, here's a new release by Fats Domino!" We all used Kemp & Short! Hal
Don’t get aggravated Hal, it Must have been a local thing. I can’t find the word Kemp used as a slang except as a British thing for a strong warrior. Other than that, there’s a town or something where people go to detox in Indiana called Kemp and there is a short, strong, wiry strand of fiber called a Kemp and is used in some type of carpet. As far as short goes, the only thing I remember off hand for “short” being used as a slang was when someone asked another person if they could have the short, meaning; what’s left of a cigarette when someone is done with it. But sorry, I looked hard and can’t find any reference to a car, automobile or anything else other than what I have already written with those two words used as a slang.
My dad always said after I presented my rock solid case, "you have as much chance as a one legged man at a butt kicking contest."