What are some old favorite slang terms or localisms you don't hear anymore?

[ilovetv]

One person "got a charge out of" my post using the adjective "skanky" on another thread. In the 70s and 80s, we reserved that term for only the sleaziest of the sleaze.

What are some slang words or expressions people said decades ago but we don't hear anymore?

I think it's fun to hear a new, juicy term you've never heard before but in context, you know exactly what it means.

Let's hear some of yours.

Here is...

skanky adjective \ˈskaŋ-kē\
skank·i·erskank·i·est

Definition of SKANKY

1 slang : repugnantly filthy or squalid
2 slang : of low or sleazy character
Examples of SKANKY

<a pop star who cultivates an image that is more skanky than sexy>
Origin of SKANKY
1 skank
First Known Use: 1982

[Lauren Sweeny]

Jogging our memory banks try to add more to my hubby and friends made a list of DATED TERMS that are not heard anymore:. the hands of a clock, songs about " the milkman", jump rope rhymes ,jacks,dialing a phone,.
A LIST OF WORDS; no longer used: cloak room( never knew what that was back in the day,) snowing down South, the Curse,barn door is open,bubblegum,Dime store, tube tops,knickers,poncho,bleach job, Dippitydo,Ducktail,turntable,stereo,carbon paper,tree house,rabbit ears,clothes pins,wringer washer,Princess phone, S & H stamps, Eagle Stamps, tax stamps Bikes had; .Banana seats ,streamers,Big wheels, . Movie theaters had; balconies,drive ins,ushers,smoking.Shoes were; Weejuns, Chukka boots, Fyre boots Earth shoes,PF flyers,Red Ball Jets,penny loafers,galoshes, Buster Browns, Mary Janes and don' t forget saddle shoes, sneakers , Converse, Deckers,clogs and platforms!
Games; Silly Putty, Ants in The Pants,mTwister,Hungry Hungry Hippo,Mousetrap ,Cootie, Mr PotTo Head,Slime,Chinese checkers,gyroscope,Mex jumping beans,Colorforms,Eightball fortune teller,WoolyWilly magnet,manic erase board,balsam airplanes,slingshot.Pin the tail on the donkey,Tinker toys, Lincoln logs,creepy crawlers,looms,opuntia boards,Aggies & purines,cats eyes.

Feel free to add more everyone

[Patty55]

Skeeve, has many applications but usually involves (in my country) usually food.

"It skeeves me to put mayo and meat together."

[SantaClaus]

Drop a dime and dial me up later, we can spin some tunes. Catch you on the flip-side, digg?

[ilovetv]

Skeeve, has many applications but usually involves (in my country) usually food.

"It skeeves me to put mayo and meat together."

That's one I've never, ever heard!

[Lovey2]

Italians often say "schiafoso"....sounds like skeevots, in our slang, which I guess is where skeevy came from?? Maybe not, but we would say, "ewww, that's skeevots"!! Or, that's so skeevy! Pretty funny, Patty!!

[Patty55]

That's one I've never, ever heard!

Really? It's quite common, both the word and the skeeve combo.

[Jdmiata]

" do me a solid "

[Steve & Deanna]

My father-in-law (bless his soul) bought a used car from a reputable new car dealership at one time. When he asked the salesman how long the car should last, he was told "It'll last you a lifetime if you die when you should." Got a chuckle out of that when he told me the story.

[shcisamax]

Going to hell in a handbasket. I still don't know what that means.

[tainsley]

Skank was a big one! Jeet? Dju? I actually was out carting to yard sales this past weekend. Saw a cart with PA license plates with these "words" on them! He was from Pittsburgh...me from Philly...a PA thing!

[graciegirl]

Really? It's quite common, both the word and the skeeve combo.



NEVER heard it. Shows you the geographic diversity even of slang.
Bet those who know skeeve haven't heard faircuts...Which means, its wrecked. I think from German.


I remember snowing down south. NO one wears slips anymore.


Hey daddy-O. Cool it pops.

[Carl in Tampa]

In New Orleans we hired a new guy to be a Secret Service agent. He was alone in the office one day when he received a telephone inquiry about a possible counterfeit bill.

After being unable to answer several questions of the caller about how to determine if the bill was counterfeit, the young agent confessed, "Mister, I dont know diddly-squat about counterfeit."

[Patty55]

Paper A$$hole? I think it's a person who talks a good game but makes no sense.

[slipcovers]

You lucky stiff

[Villages PL]

Fire Extinguisher: a chaperone

Drugstore cowboy: a guy that hangs around on a street corner trying to pick up girls.

[2BNTV]

"Shooting me through the grease". Getto slang for your lying to me.

[2BNTV]

A "beard" for someone who wanted to date someone, and brought along a friend, so he could tell his wife, it was the buddy's date.

Used in Hollywood, in the 30's and 40's.

[justjim]

She/he is just faunching. means: he/she is temporary upset and will get over it soon.

I'll never smile again. Means: The situation is not to your liking.

Boy Howdy. Means: surprise, wow or yep that is true or not true

[scrapple]

"Grandma always said, Don't forget to wear your rubbers!" I was able to use it as a public service announcement in the early days of HIV, but then it became obsolete and the guys would look at me with a "huh? Your grandma said that?!?" LOL!

[Lauren Sweeny]

Clevelanders will remember Ghuolardi with; Cool it with the boom booms ,Hey knif! , turn blue!Barnaby saying Tell them Barnaby says, Hello!. Captain Penny saying; You can fool some of the people some of the time....but you can' t fool mom!

[marianne237]

Riley always used to say "what a revoltin development that is".

Big Palooka

Skeezix

[slipcovers]

Riley always used to say "what a revoltin development that is".

Big Palooka

Skeezix



I think that was Norton that said that, on Jackie Gleason.

[SantaClaus]

A "beard" for someone who wanted to date someone, and brought along a friend, so he could tell his wife, it was the buddy's date.



Used in Hollywood, in the 30's and 40's.


Ha! That's funny, 'cause "beard" is still used today, just in a different context. A "beard" is a girl a gay guy takes to social functions so that he appears straight. I always thought the derivation was that a beard makes a man appear more manly. Interesting that it has a longer provenance than that.

[chuckinca]

Probably both but first used by William Bendix in Life of Riley.

To quote Wikipedia:

The Life of Riley. Bendix's delivery and the spin he put on his lines made it work."[1] The reworked script cast Bendix as blundering Chester A. Riley, a wing riveter at the fictional Cunningham Aircraft plant in California. His frequent exclamation of indignation—"What a revoltin' development this is!"—became one of the most famous catchphrases of the 1940s.

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[CFrance]

In Pittsburgh, if you were a real jerk, you were a jagoff.

[Irish Red]

Going to hell in a handbasket. I still don't know what that means.

I think 'going to hell in a hand basket" was a term used during the Civil War. Volunteers used to go around the battle field after a battle and pick up body parts.

[wwddww]

One person "got a charge out of" my post using the adjective "skanky" on another thread. In the 70s and 80s, we reserved that term for only the sleaziest of the sleaze.

What are some slang words or expressions people said decades ago but we don't hear anymore?

I think it's fun to hear a new, juicy term you've never heard before but in context, you know exactly what it means.

Let's hear some of yours.

Here is...

skanky adjective \ˈskaŋ-kē\
skank·i·erskank·i·est

Definition of SKANKY

1 slang : repugnantly filthy or squalid
2 slang : of low or sleazy character
Examples of SKANKY

<a pop star who cultivates an image that is more skanky than sexy>
Origin of SKANKY
1 skank
First Known Use: 1982


I always thought SKANKY was followed by the words LOT LIZZARD.

[gatherer47]

A friend of mine would unintentionally mix up some old sayings.For example "don't cry over spilled chickens" "you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink the milk" "people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw rolling stones"

[2BNTV]

Your mama wears combat boots!!!!

[scot_atc]

Uff Da!

[skyguy79]

You're as handy as a screen door on a submarine!

"Well, I'll be a dirty bird!"

"Well I'll be dipped in s***!"

Go *art up a rain pipe!

Whoop-de-doo!

Fiddlededee!

She's got kooties!

All-ee all-ee in-free!

Ok, ok! I'm all done now... let's not have a "conniption fit!"

[Lauren Sweeny]

Take a load off,want a brewski?Hows the ol lady? Still groovin? Flick your Bick, Pshaw ,fiddlesticks,rats! Downtown shopping ,uptown,radical man! Peace! Spacey chick,dumb as a door knob,head case ,dude,bombshell,look at her torpedoes! Cool man! Outta sight! Weirdo! To the moon ,Alice!Macho man,gunslinger,hard ass,maverick,player,tramp,strumpet,your mamma!

[Cisco Kid]

Take a beef walk.

[DougB]

Sock it to me!

[graciegirl]

Sock it to me!



Ahh yes. I remember it well.
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[senior citizen]

Skeeve, has many applications but usually involves (in my country) usually food.

"It skeeves me to put mayo and meat together."


I was going to say, "See you later alligator" as something one does not hear anymore........

However, your word "skeeve" was one we heard used often in our teens down in Jersey.......haven't heard that word used since the 1960's.

(verb) to gross out; to digust; to make your skin crawl

Grossed out, disgusted, to get a sketchy feeling about a situation.

Originates from the Italian word "schifo" which means disgust.

It really skeeved me out when he ate the gummy bear off the floor in the movie theater.
or
Twenty-year-old guys who date girls too young to drive really skeeve me out.


　


　








　

[graciegirl]

Calling each other " kid".

[senior citizen]

NEVER heard it. Shows you the geographic diversity even of slang.
Bet those who know skeeve haven't heard faircuts...Which means, its wrecked. I think from German.


I remember snowing down south. NO one wears slips anymore.


Hey daddy-O. Cool it pops.




　
Skeeve : To totally dislike something, to be disgusted. "I skeeve that" or "I'm skeeved by him".

A gross person can also be called a "skeeve" or a "skevoose".

From the Italian "mi fa schifo" meaning "it makes me sick" and/or "schifoso", meaning "disgusting".

From Dictionary.com (anyone who comes from Brooklyn, N.Y.C. or Jersey has heard it.

[skeev] Slang.

noun

Also, skeever. an immoral or repulsive person.

verb (used with object)

to cause disgust in (often followed by out ): This place is so full of mold that it really skeeves me out.

to be disgusted by: people who skeeve public restrooms.

verb (used without object)

to cause disgust or feel disgusted: The mess just made me skeeve.

Skeevy........he is "skeevy"

Heard it all during our teenaged years. It was a common slang word.




　

[graciegirl]

Let's go to the Burger Boy. (Only kids from Columbus, Ohio would know this)


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[LI SNOWBIRD]

Jive turkey "Where's the beef?" to name a few

[Lauren Sweeny]

Golly gee! Ya gotta be kidding me,She's the bees knees,coke bottle glasses,Yummy! Daddy oh! Get out town( here)!Bug off! She 's a Bimbo,a Blanche,
CAR WoRDS:Junker car,beaters,balonnies,tranny,burn out, lay a doughnut. Chick magnet! Glass packs.4 on the floor,headers,overdrive,Chevy,Fix or Repair Daily means a Ford car,go cruising the strip,make out point was to go submarine watching in Cleveland near the airport ( not that I would know personally;)
Put that in a sack for ya honey? Gimme a 3.2 beers

[graciegirl]

Golly gee! Ya gotta be kidding me,She's the bees knees,coke bottle glasses,Yummy! Daddy oh! Get out town( here)!Bug off! She 's a Bimbo,a Blanche,
CAR WoRDS:Junker car,beaters,balonnies,tranny,burn out, lay a doughnut. Chick magnet! Glass packs.4 on the floor,headers,overdrive,Chevy,Fix or Repair Daily means a Ford car,go cruising the strip,make out point was to go submarine watching in Cleveland near the airport ( not that I would know personally;)
Put that in a sack for ya honey? Gimme a 3.2 beers


omgosh Lauren. Hadn't thought of 3.2 beer in a looooong time. I did go to the submarine races once. Never saw one though.

[redwitch]

Bitchen! Far out! or a very laid back "far out, maaaan" said as you exhaled. Hottie pottatie. Cutie pie. Speed kills.

Gross.

Candy is dandy, liquor is quicker. Put a flag on her and go for Old Glory (yeah, I know, but ....).

[DonH57]

omgosh Lauren. Hadn't thought of 3.2 beer in a looooong time. I did go to the submarine races once. Never saw one though.

It's been a while for me to hear 3.2 beer being mentioned as well. Wow. That was so long ago.:a040:

[TednRobin]

When cleaning up something we say, I'm going to" red up". I think it is Pennsylvania Dutch.

[skyguy79]

Sock it to me!

Sock It To Me :boxing2:
http://youtu.be/watch?v=w0gYhuUzx8Q

[Suzi]

Its frightening to think of how many of these saying I still say. OMG - I am old !

[Deseylou]

FUNKY
it was the word for me

[Lauren Sweeny]

Everything is hunky dory, whoops ,gosh,for lands sake,skidaddle,thats a golly whopper ,dorky,geezer,brazen hussy,hunky, cats meow,varmint ,critters,crick,cement pond,
Ya big baby,cry baby,mommas boy,yo yo's that you could; walk the dog,round the world.
Double Dutch .

[bluedog103]

Get bent! I have a friend who still uses that one. How about....Boss!

[elizabeth52]

Skeevy...lol...go anywhere in Brooklyn and you will still hear this. I personally skeeve peachskin. Love the fruit, just skeeve that dry fuzzy skin against my teeth..uggggh.

How about these...Shake it, don't break it; Don't have a cow, man!; what's up, Doc?, go out in traffic and play; and I would add from the not too distant past: cool beans.

[Bonny]

After I pump your gas, I'll clean your windshield and check your oil for ya !!

[Lauren Sweeny]

Don' get your panties ( knickers) in a knot ! To " sponge or "cut" into a waiting line.Remember the Alamo! Cowabunga ! Geronimo ! Persnickety,high falootin! Doggone it! Jiminy Crickets!
E N C ...yclopedia in a sing song voice.Bippity bobbity boo! Meeska moo ska mouse cateer......
faster then a speeding bullet.......Bob a lewy .....Salright? Sal right ! N e s t l e s.........
And hearssssss JOHNY!! See the USA in your Cheverala ! It's a bird it's a plane it's SuPERMAN !
The plane! The plane! You talkin to me? Talk to the hand.

[skyking]

omgosh Lauren. Hadn't thought of 3.2 beer in a looooong time. I did go to the submarine races once. Never saw one though.

I guess you girls were never invited to a "snipe hunt"? It only took place in dark places and for some reason the girls claim they never found one.

[skyking]

Another one: "turn" the channel

[Bonny]

Get some foil for the antenna

[Bonny]

Birth control seats aka Bucket seats

[Bonny]

Don’t take any wooden nickels!

[Patty55]

Did you all know growing up that "Youse" is not the plural of "you"?

[tippyclubb]

Your mama wears combat boots!!!!

Hey there, don't you talk about my mama.

Years ago we use to say that's the way the mop flops.

[CFrance]

Did you all know growing up that "Youse" is not the plural of "you"?
Yes, I knew that. It's "yinz." As in, "Yinz goin' dahntahn?"

[kellyjam]

Trip the light fantastic

Nice set of gams

[Patty55]

Bummer head

[Whatever]

"Gin mill"
"skeeve"
"Sh*t on a shingle"
"Horses ass"
"up your nose with a rubber hose"

[gpirate]

The early bird gets the worm.

[Bonny]

Meawhile, back at the ranch.

Ain't that a bite ?

[TheVillageChicken]

Paper A$$hole? I think it's a person who talks a good game but makes no sense.

In the military, it is also what we called these

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[The Mountaineer]

Good Lord willing and the creek don't rise

It is what it is. I'll deal with it.

Pop (for soda).

Went down the holler.

As happy as a dog rolling in his own poop.

From my West Virginia childhood.

We'll be renting in The Villages in January-March, 2015 and are hoping to run into fellow Mountaineers. I've had season football tickets for WVU football for decades and am a 1950 WVU Journalism graduate, 43-year newspaper editor (retired since 1996), have traveled to 50 countries, 2 U.S. territories and 43 states and taken 11 cruises.

My Bucket List is getting thin. The Villages, in December 2013, was on the list, too. Not any more.

[Bonny]

Good Lord willing and the creek don't rise

It is what it is. I'll deal with it.

Pop (for soda).

Went down the holler.

As happy as a dog rolling in his own poop.

From my West Virginia childhood.

We'll be renting in The Villages in January-March, 2015 and are hoping to run into fellow Mountaineers. I've had season football tickets for WVU football for decades and am a 1950 WVU Journalism graduate, 43-year newspaper editor (retired since 1996), have traveled to 50 countries, 2 U.S. territories and 43 states and taken 11 cruises.

My Bucket List is getting thin. The Villages, in December 2013, was on the list, too. Not any more.

My favorite saying in the world is "It is what it is, get over it !!" I say this almost every day LOL

[Patty55]

My favorite saying in the world is "It is what it is, get over it !!" I say this almost every day LOL

Yep, that's one that I use along with the flip side "It aint what it aint".

The other one I use a lot is "I'll just burn that bridge when I come to it."

[senior citizen]

Ha! That's funny, 'cause "beard" is still used today, just in a different context. A "beard" is a girl a gay guy takes to social functions so that he appears straight. I always thought the derivation was that a beard makes a man appear more manly. Interesting that it has a longer provenance than that.


You are correct in the meaning for "beard" nowadays.....
I was going to correct him.....but figured I probably should not.
A "beard" is a female used as a coverup for the guy.......just as you said.


P.S. Just looked it up on Wiki......it can be used "both ways"....news to me.
Beard is a slang term describing a person who is used, knowingly or unknowingly, as a date, romantic partner (boyfriend or girlfriend), or spouse either to conceal infidelity or to conceal one's sexual orientation. The American slang term originally referred to anyone who acted on behalf of another, in any transaction, to conceal a person's true identity. The term can be used in heterosexual and homosexual contexts, but with increasing acceptance of gay culture, references to beards are seen in mainstream television and movies as well as other entertainment

[KathieI]

Calling each other " kid".

I still call everyone a "kid" because 99.9% of the time, I am older than them... UGH!!! (that's okay, its better than the alternative.)

[Cobh521]

"That's the ticket"
Ju wanna go

[Bonny]

Gimme some skin.

[graciegirl]

It went along with...."They'll never buy the cow if they can get the milk free".




Here it is;


Don't make love at the Village gate.
Love is blind.
But the neighbor's ain't.

[TheVillageChicken]

My old man said "swell," I said "neato or groovy," my kids said "wicked," and my grands say "sweet."

[dbussone]

Wicked good

[Wandatime]

Down in South Carolina we say "hose pipe" which can mean anything from the hose nib to the hose itself all the way down to the hose sprayer.

I still say "Jiminey Crickets" when I really want to cut loose on the cussin'. Sometimes I'll through in Dagnabbit, more now with the popularity of the Geico farmer.

One time my dad banged his finger with a hammer and yelled "Dog bite a rabbit" but I never figured out what that meant.

Oh, and "You don't know sh#% from Shinola." That is old.

A friend of mine used to say "Better to be an old man's darlin' than a young man's slave" but I'm beginning to differ with her on that one.

And no one I know from the south really says, "Kiss my grits." That was just on TV.

[mtdjed]

City Chicken, Ox Roast, Rid up the House, Pop, Canadian Sailors, Bugging State Street

[mrfixit]

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"CHEESE n' RICE".....in lieu of Jesus Christ.

[Patty55]

How about a "2 cent plain"?

[Lauren Sweeny]

Meaning of " 2 cent plain" please?

[Bonny]

2 cents plain is a term for seltzer water. I think there is also an ice cream parlor in Jersey named 2 Cents Plain.