Lost Words From Our Childhood!

[bbs70]

I remember most of those sayings or at least hearing them said by one of my elders some are before my time I admit . And the last real working stand alone phone booth I've see was way up in Quebec Canada two years ago on a fishing trip. And it still actually used coins !

There is a working phone booth in front of the Steelville,mo court house

[bbs70]

Hit with an ugly stick or with the whole tree
Using Shank's mares
Dumber than owl $%^&
I.Q. of a rake

[popper]

Shucks, that's the pot calling the kettle black.

[MrWolf]

^^ that was one of my Mom's favorites.

Drop a dime or your 3 minutes

[bbs70]

Catching some Z's
Far out

[pete501]

Jalopy: The lack of language skills of Italian Immigrants lead to the bastardization of the term Jelly Apple. Italian street vendors sold cheap treats on the streets, Calling out Jelly Apple. The term was associated with something inexpensive.

"Joshin' you" came from a deaf mute named Josh in the late 1800's who noticed the US 5 cent piece was similar size and design of the $5 gold piece. He had the nickels gold plated to resemble a $5 gold piece. Paying for a 5 cent item and receiving $4.95 was his game.

A Cheap Chiseler would chisel bits of gold from coins. The mint thwarted this activity by incorporating the reeded edge on the coins edge to show evidence of chiseling.

[blackthorn]

Quote "Like in the OP, "See ya later, alligator!" ( and our response was always, "After a while , Crocodile!"."


From a hit tune of the day.

[gpidaho]

When something could not be proved, Grandma used to say "Why, that's no sign of a ducks nest" I haven't thought of that in a lot of years. Gp

[square butte]

Don't take any wooden nickles - That aint worth a plugged nickle

[Smoke4320]

Fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down
face on fire and someone put it out with an ice pick
gollyswaggled

[DocSavage]

Long walk off a short pier,make like a tree and leave,lower than a snake's belly
Cat got your tongue If your friends jumped off a bridge would you follow. If you break your leg don't come crying to me.

[5Shot]

Please and Thank You...

[buckwheatpaul]

If you want something to cry about....I'll give you something to cry about!

You're cruising for a bruising!


Olie, Olie, Octen Free

[mozeppa]

NOW were in a pickle!

[redhawk0]

When dipping into a soup pot - "Dig deep, the best puppy is on the bottom"

Oh for crying out loud

What in Sam Hill?

Dumb as a bag of hammers

What rock did you crawl out from under.

[Loudenboomer]

LOL! Paul it's been along time since I herd if you want something to cry about … I'll give you somthin to cry about!

It's all fun and games until someone gets an eye poked out!


My dad used to say cold enough to freeze the balls on a brass monkey. Later I found out this one is nautical terminology. I was told on wooden war ships of years past iron cannon balls were stored on rack called a monkey it was made of brass because they would rust onto steel. Any way as the story goes brass had a faster shrinkage rate than the Iron cannon balls so when it got real cold it would freeze the balls on the Brass Monkey!

[shooter93]

My father's when he would hire someone who wasn't really interested in learning the trade or working hard.......he's like the handle on a piss pot......he's there but not in it.

[Loudenboomer]

Here's a child hood phrase. Any body remember "Anti I Over"

[John D]

My grandpa used to say, when a person was dishonest, "He/She's as crooked as a dogs back leg"..

[Mr_Sheesh]

Mimeograph, you don't hear THAT word often lately.

Dumb as a box of rocks

"Heavy" keeps changing its' meaning from "a bad guy" as in criminal sort, to a fairly positive meaning lately.

Four on the Floor, or Three on the Tree, for manual shifters (fewer of those around lately); Double Clutching

"Nice Gams" is sorta an archaic term for nice legs, usually on a nice looking woman.

Snake Oil