Do You Use Any Old Fashioned Slang Or Phrases?

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  1. Micki Pembroke

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    " tough life, someone has to live it " " go suck an egg "
     
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    " oh Lordy, love a duck "
     
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    " piss and vinegar " " pine float " " after me, you come first " " by cracky " " stick it up where the grass don't grow "
     
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    Meh-yuhl, kiss my gri-uts. :D
     
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    Another version...." stick it up where the sun don't shine "
     
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    Take a long walk on a short pier.
     
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    Hi Jerry I've just come back to this thread so a bit late - a stuffed shirt is a pompous, stuck up guy
    whereas 'a big girls blouse' means an overly dramatic guy, a whinger :p
     
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    Patsy, thanks for the clarification.
    I'm now trying to associate a "big girl's blouse" with the definitions I'm getting for a "whinger".

    Seems like a bit of a slap at the ladies to me.
     
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    Not at all Jerry - there are plenty of gals that are whingers and drama queens for no good reason :p
    @Jerry Adams
     
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    We would use the word "whiner."

    "As nouns the difference between whinger and whiner is that whinger is one who whinges while whiner is one who whines."
    :D
     
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    @Patsy Faye
    Since you say so Patsy, I'll agree. But I'm not brave enough or foolish enough to have said that myself. :)
     
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    That actually should be, "off a short pier," however I guess it works either way.
     
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