Old Words.. Old Words Before Elaine died (about 8 years ago), in San Diego she went to an Ace Hardware Store and ask for some 'clothesline rope' they had no idea what she was talking...

Don G. Dinsdale Loc: El Cajon, CA (San Diego County)

Old Words

Before Elaine died (about 8 years ago), in San Diego she went to an Ace Hardware Store and ask for some 'clothesline rope' they had no idea what she was talking about... Dryers have been around 60 years it seems... ha... Don D.

Murgatroyd? When was the last time you heard the word Murgatroyd? Heavens to Murgatroyd! Lost Words from our youth. Words gone as surely as the buggy whip! Sad really!

How about a "whatchamacallit"?

The other day, a not so elderly (65) lady said something to her son about driving a “jalopy” and he looked at her quizzically and said what the heck is a jalopy? OMG (new phrase!), he had never heard of the word jalopy! She knew she was old but not that old.

Well, I hope you are “hunky dory” after you read this and chuckle.

About a month ago, I illuminated some old expressions that have become obsolete because of the inexorable march of time and technology. These phrases included "Don't touch that dial," “carbon copy," "You sound like a broken record" and "Hung out to dry."

Back in the olden days we had a lot of moxie. We tried to straighten up and fly right. Heavens to Betsy! Gee whillikers! Jumping Jehoshaphat! Holy moley! Peachy keen! We were living the Life of Riley and even a regular guy couldn't accuse us of being a knucklehead, a nincompoop or a pill. Not for all the tea in China!

Back in the olden days, life used to be swell but when was the last time anything was swell? Swell has gone the way of the D.A, the duckbill hairdo, penny loafers, poodle skirts, saddle shoes, and pedal pushers. Oh, my aching back. Kilroy was here but he isn't anymore.

We wake up from what surely has been just a short nap and before we can say, Well I'll be a monkey's uncle!/This is a fine kettle of fish! - we discover that the words we grew up with, the words that seemed as omnipresent as oxygen, have vanished with scarcely a notice from our tongues, our pens, and our keyboards.

Poof, go the words of our youth, the words we've left behind. We blink and they're gone. Where have all those phrases gone?

Long gone: Pshaw, The milkman did it, Hey!, It's your nickel. Don't yank my chain. Knee high to a grasshopper. Fiddlesticks! I'll see you in the funny papers. Don't take any wooden nickels.

It turns out there are more of these lost words and expressions than Carter has liver pills. This can be disturbing stuff! We of a certain age have been blessed to live in changeful times. For a child each new word is like a shiny toy, a toy that has no age. We at the other end of the chronological arc have the fond memories there are words that once did not exist and there were words that once strutted their days upon the earthly stage and now are heard no more, except in our collective memory. See ya later, alligator!

pafret Loc: Northeast

Don G. Dinsdale wrote:

Old Words

Before Elaine died (about 8 years ago), in San Diego she went to an Ace Hardware Store and ask for some 'clothesline rope' they had no idea what she was talking about... Dryers have been around 60 years it seems... ha... Don D.

Murgatroyd? When was the last time you heard the word Murgatroyd? Heavens to Murgatroyd! Lost Words from our youth. Words gone as surely as the buggy whip! Sad really!

How about a "whatchamacallit"?

The other day, a not so elderly (65) lady said something to her son about driving a “jalopy” and he looked at her quizzically and said what the heck is a jalopy? OMG (new phrase!), he had never heard of the word jalopy! She knew she was old but not that old.

Well, I hope you are “hunky dory” after you read this and chuckle.

About a month ago, I illuminated some old expressions that have become obsolete because of the inexorable march of time and technology. These phrases included "Don't touch that dial," “carbon copy," "You sound like a broken record" and "Hung out to dry."

Back in the olden days we had a lot of moxie. We tried to straighten up and fly right. Heavens to Betsy! Gee whillikers! Jumping Jehoshaphat! Holy moley! Peachy keen! We were living the Life of Riley and even a regular guy couldn't accuse us of being a knucklehead, a nincompoop or a pill. Not for all the tea in China!

Back in the olden days, life used to be swell but when was the last time anything was swell? Swell has gone the way of the D.A, the duckbill hairdo, penny loafers, poodle skirts, saddle shoes, and pedal pushers. Oh, my aching back. Kilroy was here but he isn't anymore.

We wake up from what surely has been just a short nap and before we can say, Well I'll be a monkey's uncle!/This is a fine kettle of fish! - we discover that the words we grew up with, the words that seemed as omnipresent as oxygen, have vanished with scarcely a notice from our tongues, our pens, and our keyboards.

Poof, go the words of our youth, the words we've left behind. We blink and they're gone. Where have all those phrases gone?

Long gone: Pshaw, The milkman did it, Hey!, It's your nickel. Don't yank my chain. Knee high to a grasshopper. Fiddlesticks! I'll see you in the funny papers. Don't take any wooden nickels.

It turns out there are more of these lost words and expressions than Carter has liver pills. This can be disturbing stuff! We of a certain age have been blessed to live in changeful times. For a child each new word is like a shiny toy, a toy that has no age. We at the other end of the chronological arc have the fond memories there are words that once did not exist and there were words that once strutted their days upon the earthly stage and now are heard no more, except in our collective memory. See ya later, alligator!

Old Words br br Before Elaine died (about 8 years... (show quote)

What a 'revoltin' development!

bilordinary Loc: SW Washington

I hear that phrase quite frequently!
On Sirius Radio, the classic radio channel.
High Ho Silver Away!
Hoppy
Green Hornet
Red Skelton
and many other oldies.

pafret wrote:

What a 'revoltin' development!

teabag09

After while crocodile. I need to get a thingamajig. He doesn't have a pot to piss in. Man, that is mind bending trying to think of some of the old words and phrases. Thanks, Don D.

Don G. Dinsdale wrote:

Old Words

Before Elaine died (about 8 years ago), in San Diego she went to an Ace Hardware Store and ask for some 'clothesline rope' they had no idea what she was talking about... Dryers have been around 60 years it seems... ha... Don D.

Murgatroyd? When was the last time you heard the word Murgatroyd? Heavens to Murgatroyd! Lost Words from our youth. Words gone as surely as the buggy whip! Sad really!

How about a "whatchamacallit"?

The other day, a not so elderly (65) lady said something to her son about driving a “jalopy” and he looked at her quizzically and said what the heck is a jalopy? OMG (new phrase!), he had never heard of the word jalopy! She knew she was old but not that old.

Well, I hope you are “hunky dory” after you read this and chuckle.

About a month ago, I illuminated some old expressions that have become obsolete because of the inexorable march of time and technology. These phrases included "Don't touch that dial," “carbon copy," "You sound like a broken record" and "Hung out to dry."

Back in the olden days we had a lot of moxie. We tried to straighten up and fly right. Heavens to Betsy! Gee whillikers! Jumping Jehoshaphat! Holy moley! Peachy keen! We were living the Life of Riley and even a regular guy couldn't accuse us of being a knucklehead, a nincompoop or a pill. Not for all the tea in China!

Back in the olden days, life used to be swell but when was the last time anything was swell? Swell has gone the way of the D.A, the duckbill hairdo, penny loafers, poodle skirts, saddle shoes, and pedal pushers. Oh, my aching back. Kilroy was here but he isn't anymore.

We wake up from what surely has been just a short nap and before we can say, Well I'll be a monkey's uncle!/This is a fine kettle of fish! - we discover that the words we grew up with, the words that seemed as omnipresent as oxygen, have vanished with scarcely a notice from our tongues, our pens, and our keyboards.

Poof, go the words of our youth, the words we've left behind. We blink and they're gone. Where have all those phrases gone?

Long gone: Pshaw, The milkman did it, Hey!, It's your nickel. Don't yank my chain. Knee high to a grasshopper. Fiddlesticks! I'll see you in the funny papers. Don't take any wooden nickels.

It turns out there are more of these lost words and expressions than Carter has liver pills. This can be disturbing stuff! We of a certain age have been blessed to live in changeful times. For a child each new word is like a shiny toy, a toy that has no age. We at the other end of the chronological arc have the fond memories there are words that once did not exist and there were words that once strutted their days upon the earthly stage and now are heard no more, except in our collective memory. See ya later, alligator!

Old Words br br Before Elaine died (about 8 years... (show quote)

jer48 Loc: perris ca

Don G. Dinsdale wrote:

Old Words

Before Elaine died (about 8 years ago), in San Diego she went to an Ace Hardware Store and ask for some 'clothesline rope' they had no idea what she was talking about... Dryers have been around 60 years it seems... ha... Don D.

Murgatroyd? When was the last time you heard the word Murgatroyd? Heavens to Murgatroyd! Lost Words from our youth. Words gone as surely as the buggy whip! Sad really!

How about a "whatchamacallit"?

The other day, a not so elderly (65) lady said something to her son about driving a “jalopy” and he looked at her quizzically and said what the heck is a jalopy? OMG (new phrase!), he had never heard of the word jalopy! She knew she was old but not that old.

Well, I hope you are “hunky dory” after you read this and chuckle.

About a month ago, I illuminated some old expressions that have become obsolete because of the inexorable march of time and technology. These phrases included "Don't touch that dial," “carbon copy," "You sound like a broken record" and "Hung out to dry."

Back in the olden days we had a lot of moxie. We tried to straighten up and fly right. Heavens to Betsy! Gee whillikers! Jumping Jehoshaphat! Holy moley! Peachy keen! We were living the Life of Riley and even a regular guy couldn't accuse us of being a knucklehead, a nincompoop or a pill. Not for all the tea in China!

Back in the olden days, life used to be swell but when was the last time anything was swell? Swell has gone the way of the D.A, the duckbill hairdo, penny loafers, poodle skirts, saddle shoes, and pedal pushers. Oh, my aching back. Kilroy was here but he isn't anymore.

We wake up from what surely has been just a short nap and before we can say, Well I'll be a monkey's uncle!/This is a fine kettle of fish! - we discover that the words we grew up with, the words that seemed as omnipresent as oxygen, have vanished with scarcely a notice from our tongues, our pens, and our keyboards.

Poof, go the words of our youth, the words we've left behind. We blink and they're gone. Where have all those phrases gone?

Long gone: Pshaw, The milkman did it, Hey!, It's your nickel. Don't yank my chain. Knee high to a grasshopper. Fiddlesticks! I'll see you in the funny papers. Don't take any wooden nickels.

It turns out there are more of these lost words and expressions than Carter has liver pills. This can be disturbing stuff! We of a certain age have been blessed to live in changeful times. For a child each new word is like a shiny toy, a toy that has no age. We at the other end of the chronological arc have the fond memories there are words that once did not exist and there were words that once strutted their days upon the earthly stage and now are heard no more, except in our collective memory. See ya later, alligator!

Old Words br br Before Elaine died (about 8 years... (show quote)

after while crocodile

QuestGirl Loc: Jayhawk Country

Don G. Dinsdale wrote:

Old Words

Before Elaine died (about 8 years ago), in San Diego she went to an Ace Hardware Store and ask for some 'clothesline rope' they had no idea what she was talking about... Dryers have been around 60 years it seems... ha... Don D.

Murgatroyd? When was the last time you heard the word Murgatroyd? Heavens to Murgatroyd! Lost Words from our youth. Words gone as surely as the buggy whip! Sad really!

How about a "whatchamacallit"?

The other day, a not so elderly (65) lady said something to her son about driving a “jalopy” and he looked at her quizzically and said what the heck is a jalopy? OMG (new phrase!), he had never heard of the word jalopy! She knew she was old but not that old.

Well, I hope you are “hunky dory” after you read this and chuckle.

About a month ago, I illuminated some old expressions that have become obsolete because of the inexorable march of time and technology. These phrases included "Don't touch that dial," “carbon copy," "You sound like a broken record" and "Hung out to dry."

Back in the olden days we had a lot of moxie. We tried to straighten up and fly right. Heavens to Betsy! Gee whillikers! Jumping Jehoshaphat! Holy moley! Peachy keen! We were living the Life of Riley and even a regular guy couldn't accuse us of being a knucklehead, a nincompoop or a pill. Not for all the tea in China!

Back in the olden days, life used to be swell but when was the last time anything was swell? Swell has gone the way of the D.A, the duckbill hairdo, penny loafers, poodle skirts, saddle shoes, and pedal pushers. Oh, my aching back. Kilroy was here but he isn't anymore.

We wake up from what surely has been just a short nap and before we can say, Well I'll be a monkey's uncle!/This is a fine kettle of fish! - we discover that the words we grew up with, the words that seemed as omnipresent as oxygen, have vanished with scarcely a notice from our tongues, our pens, and our keyboards.

Poof, go the words of our youth, the words we've left behind. We blink and they're gone. Where have all those phrases gone?

Long gone: Pshaw, The milkman did it, Hey!, It's your nickel. Don't yank my chain. Knee high to a grasshopper. Fiddlesticks! I'll see you in the funny papers. Don't take any wooden nickels.

It turns out there are more of these lost words and expressions than Carter has liver pills. This can be disturbing stuff! We of a certain age have been blessed to live in changeful times. For a child each new word is like a shiny toy, a toy that has no age. We at the other end of the chronological arc have the fond memories there are words that once did not exist and there were words that once strutted their days upon the earthly stage and now are heard no more, except in our collective memory. See ya later, alligator!

Old Words br br Before Elaine died (about 8 years... (show quote)

This one will be coming back:

Don't let the bedbugs bite.

teabag09

You betcha!

QuestGirl wrote:

This one will be coming back:

Don't let the bedbugs bite.

Sons of Liberty Loc: look behind you!

Don G. Dinsdale wrote:

Old Words

Before Elaine died (about 8 years ago), in San Diego she went to an Ace Hardware Store and ask for some 'clothesline rope' they had no idea what she was talking about... Dryers have been around 60 years it seems... ha... Don D.

Murgatroyd? When was the last time you heard the word Murgatroyd? Heavens to Murgatroyd! Lost Words from our youth. Words gone as surely as the buggy whip! Sad really!

How about a "whatchamacallit"?

The other day, a not so elderly (65) lady said something to her son about driving a “jalopy” and he looked at her quizzically and said what the heck is a jalopy? OMG (new phrase!), he had never heard of the word jalopy! She knew she was old but not that old.

Well, I hope you are “hunky dory” after you read this and chuckle.

About a month ago, I illuminated some old expressions that have become obsolete because of the inexorable march of time and technology. These phrases included "Don't touch that dial," “carbon copy," "You sound like a broken record" and "Hung out to dry."

Back in the olden days we had a lot of moxie. We tried to straighten up and fly right. Heavens to Betsy! Gee whillikers! Jumping Jehoshaphat! Holy moley! Peachy keen! We were living the Life of Riley and even a regular guy couldn't accuse us of being a knucklehead, a nincompoop or a pill. Not for all the tea in China!

Back in the olden days, life used to be swell but when was the last time anything was swell? Swell has gone the way of the D.A, the duckbill hairdo, penny loafers, poodle skirts, saddle shoes, and pedal pushers. Oh, my aching back. Kilroy was here but he isn't anymore.

We wake up from what surely has been just a short nap and before we can say, Well I'll be a monkey's uncle!/This is a fine kettle of fish! - we discover that the words we grew up with, the words that seemed as omnipresent as oxygen, have vanished with scarcely a notice from our tongues, our pens, and our keyboards.

Poof, go the words of our youth, the words we've left behind. We blink and they're gone. Where have all those phrases gone?

Long gone: Pshaw, The milkman did it, Hey!, It's your nickel. Don't yank my chain. Knee high to a grasshopper. Fiddlesticks! I'll see you in the funny papers. Don't take any wooden nickels.

It turns out there are more of these lost words and expressions than Carter has liver pills. This can be disturbing stuff! We of a certain age have been blessed to live in changeful times. For a child each new word is like a shiny toy, a toy that has no age. We at the other end of the chronological arc have the fond memories there are words that once did not exist and there were words that once strutted their days upon the earthly stage and now are heard no more, except in our collective memory. See ya later, alligator!

Old Words br br Before Elaine died (about 8 years... (show quote)

I still say a bunch of these today. I do get some weird looks from my grand kids.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Sons of Liberty wrote:

I still say a bunch of these today. I do get some weird looks from my grand kids.

What grandparent doesn't

pafret Loc: Northeast

slatten49 wrote:

What grandparent doesn't

I was conducting a seminar for a bunch of Software and Hardware Engineers and I made reference to one of the Pogo comic strip character's (Albert The Alligator) expressions. I looked around the room and realized I was looking at a bunch of blank faces instead of the laugh I was expecting. Then it hit me, these people were about 25 years old on average and I was referring to a comic strip that was gone before they were born.