Moontanman Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 We all use slang in our language, it's part of how languages evolve, slang words become part of a language and slowly change that language. But there are also words or phrases that fall out of usage, words that no longer have meaning. Things like Drug Store Cowboy, does anyone remember what that means? Be fair, don't google it if you don't know what it means. Car hop? Soda jerk? How long before hacker become something no one knows what it means? How about sharing some of the words and phrases you remember that no long have real meaning in our society... Drug Store Cowboy Car Hop Soda Jerk Has to be more of them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md65536 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 The only ones that come to mind are phrases that are rarely used to mean what they used to mean: The lady doth protest too much, methinks. That begs the question... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 The only ones that come to mind are phrases that are rarely used to mean what they used to mean: The lady doth protest too much, methinks. That begs the question... Oh come on, can you tell me what a drug store cowboy is with out looking it up? Car Hop? Soda jerk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Dungerees? Slacks? Knickers? Pantaloons? Britches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Drug Store Cowboy Car Hop Soda Jerk I definitely know Car Hop and Soda Jerk (Sonic Drive-in Restaurants out west here still use Car Hops). I'm pretty sure a Drug Store Cowboy hangs out near the Soda Jerk. The only ones that come to mind are phrases that are rarely used to mean what they used to mean: The lady doth protest too much, methinks. That begs the question... Wow, I was trying to think of some terms from the 70s to counter Moon's terms from the 50s and 60s, but you went back to the 90s. 1590s, or 1600s iirc. In the 70s we drove Goats... People used to carry a torch and drive jalopies in the 40s... The 20s had flappers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xittenn Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 (edited) - I'm down! - Word! - Serial! - So sincere! I still use these but I don't know anyone else who still uses them . . . . fo'rel is still in use! Why is my generation so obsessed with the validity of information? - Fly I never used this one and I'm pretty sure no one else still uses it! Edited March 17, 2012 by Xittenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md65536 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Oh come on, can you tell me what a drug store cowboy is with out looking it up? Car Hop? Soda jerk? Derr, I dunno. A drug store cowboy is someone whose hangout is the street corner. A car hop is a preplanned social gathering at a drive-up restaurant. A soda jerk is someone who works in a malt shoppe serving up sodas and floats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 Derr, I dunno. A drug store cowboy is someone whose hangout is the street corner. A car hop is a preplanned social gathering at a drive-up restaurant. A soda jerk is someone who works in a malt shoppe serving up sodas and floats. You got one right... I definitely know Car Hop and Soda Jerk (Sonic Drive-in Restaurants out west here still use Car Hops). I'm pretty sure a Drug Store Cowboy hangs out near the Soda Jerk. Wow, I was trying to think of some terms from the 70s to counter Moon's terms from the 50s and 60s, but you went back to the 90s. 1590s, or 1600s iirc. In the 70s we drove Goats... People used to carry a torch and drive jalopies in the 40s... The 20s had flappers... My uncle had a Goat with a 427, it could raise the front wheels in the air under hard acceleration... - I'm down! - Word! - Serial! - So sincere! I still use these but I don't know anyone else who still uses them . . . . fo'rel is still in use! Why is my generation so obsessed with the validity of information? - Fly I never used this one and I'm pretty sure know one else still uses it! Hmmm, I still use all of those... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zapatos Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Party line, Ma Bell, Rotary Floppy, Nibble Boon Dockers, Sneaks Mil, Two Bits, Fin, Saw Buck Grease Monkey Zinc Tighty Whitey Atomic Wedgie, Swirley Bouffant, The Princeton 78s, Cut the Rug My Old Lady Fag, Gay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 Dungerees? Slacks? Knickers? Pantaloons? Britches? Aren't knickers still used in the UK? It's been a long time since i heard dungarees, pantaloons only in novels, the others I hear regularly... Party line, Ma Bell, Rotary Floppy, Nibble Boon Dockers, Sneaks Mil, Two Bits, Fin, Saw Buck Grease Monkey Zinc Tighty Whitey Atomic Wedgie, Swirley Bouffant, The Princeton 78s, Cut the Rug My Old Lady Fag, Gay Lots of good ones there, of course some are still used but if I called my wife my old lady i might sleep alone awhile. Oh God, i remember party lines... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xittenn Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Derr, I dunno. A drug store cowboy is someone whose hangout is the street corner. A car hop is a preplanned social gathering at a drive-up restaurant. A soda jerk is someone who works in a malt shoppe serving up sodas and floats. ha that saved me the trouble . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zapatos Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Drug Store Indian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 This whole thread is a bit queer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zapatos Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Tall Drink of Water The Cat's Meow Hep Cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 My uncle had a Goat with a 427, it could raise the front wheels in the air under hard acceleration... Which tranny did it have (now there's a word that has completely changed its meaning...)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 Which tranny did it have (now there's a word that has completely changed its meaning...)? he had a 4 speed in it at first but later put a quick shift auto but it keep destroying the auto... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xittenn Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 This whole thread is a bit queer. No you, eh; hoser! :/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 (edited) Derr, I dunno. A drug store cowboy is someone whose hangout is the street corner. A car hop is a preplanned social gathering at a drive-up restaurant. A soda jerk is someone who works in a malt shoppe serving up sodas and floats. I guess I'll have to give you two Drugstore cowboy but it alwasy meant the same thing as poser does now to us when we were young although originally it referred to a guy who dressed like a cowboy but had never ridden anything other than a stool in a drug store which way back when they had soda fountains in them. a car hop is waitress who serves food to people in their cars at driveins... We still have one here in Wilmington, NC called Merits Burger House, my wife's parents went there on dates... Then of course there was the quarter girl... Edited March 17, 2012 by Moontanman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xittenn Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 I are learn-ed now . . . durr . . . Driving miss daisy? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 A soda jerk is someone who works in a malt shoppe serving up sodas and floats. Next time you go to Starbucks, call the barrista a coffee jerk, they'll love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Next time you go to Starbucks, call the barrista a coffee jerk, they'll love it. IIRC, the "jerk" bit came from the motion used to make the drinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md65536 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 D'you wanna dog out my five-point-oh? (I had to look that one up. I'm sure there are many movie quotes I've had to look up to grok.) I have glimpsed our future. And all I can say is.....go back! He tried to lam, but they cheesed him! Candystriper. Gumshoe. Cob nobbler. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 (edited) IIRC, the "jerk" bit came from the motion used to make the drinks. Uh uh... sure it did... D'you wanna dog out my five-point-oh? (I had to look that one up. I'm sure there are many movie quotes I've had to look up to grok.) At least I know what Grok means... make a stew out of me when i die so you can grok me in fullness... I have glimpsed our future. And all I can say is.....go back! Oh there must be a god and he hates me, that sounds like what our parents said!!! But then again... Oh yesssss, 1973..... He tried to lam, but they cheesed him! Candystriper. Gumshoe. Cob nobbler. cob nobbler lmao Edited March 17, 2012 by Moontanman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joatmon Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 (edited) Pantaloons? I thought the Kama Sutra was part of everybody's education. My wife and I had a look when we were first married - and No! we didn't go shopping for pantaloons. "SEVENTH MANNER — El kelouci (the somersault). The woman must wear a pair of pantaloons, which she lets drop upon her heels; then she stoops, placing her head between her feet, so that her neck is in the opening of her pantaloons. At that moment, the man, seizing her legs, turns her upon her back, making her perform a summersault; then with his legs curved under him............................................... " If you need educating follow the link, but beware, it's very explicit. http://www.sss-now.o...garden/pfg6.htm Edited March 17, 2012 by Joatmon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaynos Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 A couple from the uk regarding currency. Thrupence Two bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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