Joatmon Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 A couple from the uk regarding currency. Thrupence Two bob. also tanner (meaning sixpence) dollar (which in my childhood was slang for five shillings- how things have changed!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xittenn Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 by the patate . .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont 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 My dad was a soda jerk when he was young, and we had car hops when I was a kid. It was a big deal for us to go out to the drive-in for a burger, fries and a shake and have the car hop hang the tray on your window. Dungerees? Slacks? The US navy only recently did away with dungarees. I associate "slacks" with "polyester". Ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 High and dry, bought the farm... kicked the bucket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 The US navy only recently did away with dungarees. Is that why all the new recruitment posters show sailors only from the waist up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Heavens to betsy... This thread is givin' me the vay-puhs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 it might be interesting to not only know the out of date phrases but what they have been replaced with as well. Drugstore Cowboy = Poser... My dad was a soda jerk when he was young, and we had car hops when I was a kid. It was a big deal for us to go out to the drive-in for a burger, fries and a shake and have the car hop hang the tray on your window. If you ever come to Wilmington, NC let me know, I'll take where they still do that in the original parking lot/small building of the drive-in restaurant that has been in operation here at least fifty years, my wife's parents ate there when they were dating... they still serve the same flat burgers... The US navy only recently did away with dungarees. I associate "slacks" with "polyester". Ugh. Ok, it's that kind of attitude that ended my career as a polyester maker, I was very good at making the finest Dacron, oh yes.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xittenn Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Poser = Noob = Nub evolution my friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 Poser = Noob = Nub evolution my friend Sho nuff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 I am all a flutter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xittenn Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 (edited) Diggie with it! Edited March 17, 2012 by Xittenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joatmon Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 I like electricity, electronics and all that jazz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Is that why all the new recruitment posters show sailors only from the waist up? Don't ask, don't tell. High and dry, bought the farm... kicked the bucket. I still use those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xittenn Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 I like electricity, electronics and all that jazz. I'm quite fond of "and all that jazz . . . " 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joatmon Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 (edited) I'm quite fond of "and all that jazz . . . " So was my mother who used to say it. The song "All that Jazz" from "Chicago" always makes me smile! I'll resist my new found skill of posting a video. Edited March 17, 2012 by Joatmon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 High and dry, bought the farm... kicked the bucket. I still use those. Oh! I thought we were looking for phrases where the etiology's been left in the lurch. Things we say, but don't really know why they mean what they mean... humm.. shiver me timbers I must be three sheets to the wind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joatmon Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 A word I seem to remember well from the 1950's ( let's say when I was between the ages of 17 and 21) which doesn't seem to used much these days is "No!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomgwyther Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 (edited) I still use nautical terms like 'Three sheets to the wind'. My old 'Gaff' was in 'Pompey' see. I remember when I was a saucepan, bein' three sheets, dane tane, freezin brass monkeys. Edited March 18, 2012 by tomgwyther Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xittenn Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 brass monkey that funky monkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ophiolite Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Wow, man! This thread is like far out. Yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Radical! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 (edited) I can remember when my 90 year old landlord once said: "You're in a gay mood Antony". Edited March 18, 2012 by StringJunky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ophiolite Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Wicked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joatmon Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 French letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xittenn Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 I can remember when my 90 year old landlord once said: "You're in a gay mood Antony". What came of that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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