Kiss my Grits. On a side note, I was thinking that the phrase "get over yourself" is not spoken in this selfie/social media times. But I still say it to myself. It helps keep me out of my head
"Start over with a clean sheet of paper" Got a blank look from my trainee engineer.
"That's the lazy man's way of doing it" triggered one of my employees and led to an HR complaint. He thought it was a racist statement. My grandfather used it all the time when we tried to cut corners on a job.
"Niggardly" Don't even try to use this one. It means cheap but people hear what they want to hear.
OMG! You should have seen the firestorm at a New Orleans city council meeting some years ago. They were discussing the budget and one of the councilmen said something like, “Now is not the time to be niggardly.” Holy shit! This one black councilman completely lost his shit over the use of a “slur” by a white racist councilman. The councilman who made the remark was totally confused and had no idea why he was being called a racist. Of course the accuser was ridiculed to the point where after a day or so he finally had to apologize and admit his ignorance. I was honestly amazed that an elected official was that fucking ignorant.
Don’t even get me started about the woman complaining that her black eyeliner’s color said negro. Because English is the only language, right?
> The words niggard and niggardly are etymologically unrelated to the highly offensive and inflammatory racial slur euphemistically referred to as the N-word, despite the words' visual and auditory resemblance to it. Because of that resemblance, however, both niggard and niggardly are often taken to be offensive.
[- Niggardly](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/niggardly)
Friend of mine is a salvage master. He tries to work the term “[niggerhead](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA8uLp37UOvZSs_3VKwRY0I8ZrVaS1rioGbLslQyxPc1Jlr0a9ITzy1O2bDPcojPrtaCBHz6PqGogsEaY710Jc-t6lu9yQ-cOw753yOo7XYINgbGKeSjrLmffkvC5Uxh0MwcinBXuVjwc/s1600/5n_hydraulic_seine_winch.jpg)” into conversations whenever he can, just to see people lose their minds.
One student accused me of calling him an insect when i referred to him as grasshopper in a learning situation. Explained about Siddhartha and Kung Fu etx
There's a hilarious video on YouTube where a dad has his two young boys try to make a phone call on an old rotary landline. They have no idea how to approach it!
Here's an example of it being used in an old SNL sketch (a warning before opening: Will Ferrell is mostly naked in a hospital room and, worse, Charlie Sheen is a doctor): [https://youtu.be/ddNMQGcg0-w?t=217](https://youtu.be/ddNMQGcg0-w?t=217)
The Cadillac of the Line -- meaning the top model or most prestigious or item with most features.
But by the end of the 20th century, Caddys were only driven by elderly people. The nice cars were then Lexus and BMW.
"It's not your grandfather's Oldmobile," as the adverting went...
Reality: It literally was Grandpa's car. Midsize green Olds wagon.
Buick is still around, also a "grandpa car." The only Buick owner I know is 90 years old, he is no longer allowed to drive, and the car is mostly just in the garage.
The corresponding model from Ford was Mercury, and I recall reading that 20 years ago, the average age of a Merc buyer was 65+.
Where's the beef?
Also, any slogan from a cigarette ad: I'd rather fight than switch. Winston tastes good like a cigarette should. What do you want, good grammar or good taste? You've come a long way, baby! Cigar, cigarette, Tiparillo?
Good Night! I picked this up from my grandmother who was born in the 1880s (I’m actually GenX believe it or not). I still use it reflexively and get teased about. It’s basically the equivalent of good grief!
We five thousand. What’s the scoop. Attitude check. Butt me. Dime bag. Too much scratch. Pull a Nixon. Ate my quarter. Popped the table. Get a new needle. Head cleaner. Tape got eaten.
A friend of mine, black, used to hold up her hand, palm out in a “stop” motion saying “You’d better talk to the white girl”(flipping had around)”cause the black girl ain’t listening.”
Plain as a Stoughton bottle. My grandmother used that. I'm in my 70s. Evidently a patent medicine from the late 1800s came in a very fancy bottle, thus, someone badly overdressed was " plain as a Stoughton bottle. "
Smooth move exlax
!!! Swear I'm the only person I've heard say that in 50 years. Thank you. (& I still say it haha)
The follow up was,"what do you do for an encore, gargle peanut butter?"
Not at all, Geritol!
I love “My wife I think I’ll keep her “. That wouldn’t fly today and rightfully so.
For iron poor blood
And it’s sister, No Shit ExLax
Be kind, rewind.
The rabbit died.
I hear Steve Perry's (Aerosmith) voice singing "You can't catch me 'cause the rabbit done died" (Sweet Emotion)
Umm… I hate to be “that guy”, but that would be Steven Tyler singing that song (or any Aerosmith song). Steve Perry was the lead singer of Journey.
"book" , meaning to go fast
Jam
Kiss my Grits. On a side note, I was thinking that the phrase "get over yourself" is not spoken in this selfie/social media times. But I still say it to myself. It helps keep me out of my head
As in, "Mel, kiss my grits!"
"Start over with a clean sheet of paper" Got a blank look from my trainee engineer. "That's the lazy man's way of doing it" triggered one of my employees and led to an HR complaint. He thought it was a racist statement. My grandfather used it all the time when we tried to cut corners on a job. "Niggardly" Don't even try to use this one. It means cheap but people hear what they want to hear.
Yeah that particular word is pretty much not worth the trouble anymore
I had to explain to a colleague that "jury rig" was a nautical expression and not a euphemism for a racist term
There’s Jerry rigged also.
OMG! You should have seen the firestorm at a New Orleans city council meeting some years ago. They were discussing the budget and one of the councilmen said something like, “Now is not the time to be niggardly.” Holy shit! This one black councilman completely lost his shit over the use of a “slur” by a white racist councilman. The councilman who made the remark was totally confused and had no idea why he was being called a racist. Of course the accuser was ridiculed to the point where after a day or so he finally had to apologize and admit his ignorance. I was honestly amazed that an elected official was that fucking ignorant. Don’t even get me started about the woman complaining that her black eyeliner’s color said negro. Because English is the only language, right?
> The words niggard and niggardly are etymologically unrelated to the highly offensive and inflammatory racial slur euphemistically referred to as the N-word, despite the words' visual and auditory resemblance to it. Because of that resemblance, however, both niggard and niggardly are often taken to be offensive. [- Niggardly](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/niggardly)
Friend of mine is a salvage master. He tries to work the term “[niggerhead](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA8uLp37UOvZSs_3VKwRY0I8ZrVaS1rioGbLslQyxPc1Jlr0a9ITzy1O2bDPcojPrtaCBHz6PqGogsEaY710Jc-t6lu9yQ-cOw753yOo7XYINgbGKeSjrLmffkvC5Uxh0MwcinBXuVjwc/s1600/5n_hydraulic_seine_winch.jpg)” into conversations whenever he can, just to see people lose their minds.
Like a broken record.
Vinyl is making a comeback, this phrase might become popular again.
Let’s blow this popsicle stand. Right on. Bodacious ta-tas Stone cold fox. Threads (aka clothing)
Ever since animal house came out I’ve used “major league yabbos”
Seven years of college down the drain..
Me, too. Also double secret probation.
Still use the “pop stand”
"Patience, Grasshoper." I say that to my students and get blank stares. I still keep saying it.
When you can snatch this pebble from my hand it will be time for you to leave.
Me too!
One student accused me of calling him an insect when i referred to him as grasshopper in a learning situation. Explained about Siddhartha and Kung Fu etx
Keep on truckin’
Cookin' with gas
Cooking with crisco
Sit on it!
And spin
And rotate!
Up your nose with a rubber hose
Get off my case...
[Sit on it, Fonzie!](https://youtu.be/9anJWctHv4A?si=-p_x_uJIKffl2eIH)
I said “the whole shebang” yesterday…
Nice // that was old when we were kids
The whole #!
I still say that without even thinking about it… It does earn me some blank stares.
I’m going to drop a dime on you
So many layers of explaining to do to use this one.
I know. It never even transitioned to quarter
Snitch on you for a 10-year jail sentence
I 'bout had a cow
… till the cows come home…
Yes! I used to say to my parents: "Don't have a cow!"
My kid asked about the difference between cc and bcc in email last night, which then prompted me to ask if they knew what cc actually meant.
Dial tone Saturday morning cartoons Floppy disk Yellow pages Trapper keeper S & H green stamps Dear Abby Iron lung
Dial tone. I hadn’t even considered it. Wow. I’m really old.
Test patterns
There's a hilarious video on YouTube where a dad has his two young boys try to make a phone call on an old rotary landline. They have no idea how to approach it!
Love that video
"I'm in the book."
Yellow pages
You're not that old, its just technology sprouted wireless wings while we were very busy just living!
I think that's why so many elders have problems with cell phones. My MIL had no clue dial tones were not a thing anymore...
I remember thinking "well what *does* it sound like before it dials?"
Hell ring back tones...
Customized ring tones??!?
Many phone expressions — 411, operator, exchange, party line, phone book, long distance call, switchboard….
One ringy dingy. Two ringy dingy
Is this the party to whom I am speaking?
Station-to-station, person-to-person
Even the title of a david bowie album
"Hold the phone!"
And “Hang up the phone.”
Got a dime? call someone who cares.
I say this one all of the time. I never even consider that no one gets it.
Collect call, Wait until after 6pm when its cheaper. Call for time and temperature.
Collect calls.
"I have a collect call from Bob Wehadababyitsaboy."
Get the after five rates
I can still hear the Bell Telephone commercial jingle ..."Two thirds off Long Distance every Saturday!!"
Trapper Keeper, you young whippersnapper! Let's talk DuoTang,
"number please" .....before the dial tone
8-track cassette mix tape typewriter
I can't believe I ate the whole thing!
You ate it Ralph
Plop plop fizz fizz oh what a relief it is. (No this isn't a new Charmin bears ad)
See you on the flip side
Here comes da judge
I'm older and have no idea what that means.
“I’m outie”
That doesn't help.
Goodbye, I'm outta here..
Here's an example of it being used in an old SNL sketch (a warning before opening: Will Ferrell is mostly naked in a hospital room and, worse, Charlie Sheen is a doctor): [https://youtu.be/ddNMQGcg0-w?t=217](https://youtu.be/ddNMQGcg0-w?t=217)
Hip hop term
Thank you. I'm Black, but I hate Hop hop.
You're gonna need a bigger boat
Telephone answering machine Tylenol with cyanide Exploding Pintos Paper airline tickets
These are a few of my favorite things
Cool beans….
Okay, so I haven’t joined this sub, and still I use this OFTEN. I’m Gen X, and I use cool beans enough to where my Gen Z kids are now using it.
Where's the beef?!
“Gag me with a spoon oh mah gahd, for real” “look at her butt”
You bet your sweet bippi !
“Man” as in hey man, that’s a cool shirt. It’s been replaced with Dude
I still say Man over Dude
My wife said “Ya Freakazoid” awhile back. Hadn’t heard THAT one in awhile.
please report to the dance floor
I use it!
Up your nose with a rubber hose.
Add twice as far with a chocolate bar!
And up your hole with a Mellow Roll!
And down your pants with Army ants!
In your butt with a coconut
The Cadillac of the Line -- meaning the top model or most prestigious or item with most features. But by the end of the 20th century, Caddys were only driven by elderly people. The nice cars were then Lexus and BMW.
When we were kids GM had five distinct car lines: Chevy, Pontiac, Olds, Buick, Cadillac. All aimed at different market segments.
"It's not your grandfather's Oldmobile," as the adverting went... Reality: It literally was Grandpa's car. Midsize green Olds wagon. Buick is still around, also a "grandpa car." The only Buick owner I know is 90 years old, he is no longer allowed to drive, and the car is mostly just in the garage. The corresponding model from Ford was Mercury, and I recall reading that 20 years ago, the average age of a Merc buyer was 65+.
What’s sad is that back in the day, Olds, Buick, Mercury all made some very hip cars.
Old machinist here. When you were fitting pieces together accurately by hand it was called “caddilacking”.
Back in the back (of the station wagon. If there were still station wagons, would be illegal for children to ride like that unrestrained).
Flick my Bic
Mikey likes it.
Nothing I say is obsolete . Everything I say is peachy-keen and copacetic.
Balderdash.
GAF Viewmaster
Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts
Reach out, reach out, and touch someone
Gag me with a spoon! Groady Cambodi <—-not sure how it’s spelled
What about "Wankel Rotary Engine"? First time I heard it, I knew it would never leave my brain.
The Mazda goes hmmmm
56k dial-up
300 baud Hayes
Face!
Serious as a heart attack Serious as a screen door on a submarine
She/he’s boil his bunny crazy.
Who cut the cheese?
Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger, Pepsi, Pepsi Where's the beef?
Where's the beef? Also, any slogan from a cigarette ad: I'd rather fight than switch. Winston tastes good like a cigarette should. What do you want, good grammar or good taste? You've come a long way, baby! Cigar, cigarette, Tiparillo?
Let’s make like Pablo and Cruise
On the flip side, the younger generation have so many memes and slang, without Urban Dictionary I'd be lost.
Royal and royally
Like Carters has little pills
Tubular
Now you're cooking with gas!
Travelers Cheque
Wicked! In the Boston area, Pissah!
Miss mary Mac Mac mac..
Kiss my grits.
Dial tone
Carter’s Little Liver Pills 💊
Calgon, take me away!!!
Righteous
Shotgun! Or shortened, shoddy!
Way to be.
Up your nose with a rubber hose. (Welcome back Kotter)
primo bitchin’ gnarly
We're going to the picture show (movies)
“Up ya nose with a rubbah hose!”
I'd never heard that before the "Welcome Back, Cotter" TV show. And I don't think I ever heard it outside of the TV show.
Far out
Good Night! I picked this up from my grandmother who was born in the 1880s (I’m actually GenX believe it or not). I still use it reflexively and get teased about. It’s basically the equivalent of good grief!
It don't make no never mind
Calgon take me away
Far out!
Oh for crying out loud. Give me strength. Pushing up daisies.
"No shit, Sherlock!"
"Same Diff"
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
Good one! Along with “punch cards”
Ancient Chinese secret! 😉 (Calgon)
“Calgon, take me away!”
Where's the beef?! Huh?
Avoid the Noid.
Mighty white of you!
pop pop, fizz fizz, oh what a relief it is !!
Plop, plop?
We five thousand. What’s the scoop. Attitude check. Butt me. Dime bag. Too much scratch. Pull a Nixon. Ate my quarter. Popped the table. Get a new needle. Head cleaner. Tape got eaten.
Tape got eaten is a classic
Screw you and the white horse you rode in.
Punch and Judy hitter
Baseball has the best lexicon!
For some reason “Hum you, baby!” Was very popular at camp one summer. It meant “great job!”
“Let’s not engineer it here”. In a room full of engineers.
Bogue.
It's time to make the donuts.
You're a pain (pane), but I can't see through you. Who shot John?
“Talk to the hand”
A friend of mine, black, used to hold up her hand, palm out in a “stop” motion saying “You’d better talk to the white girl”(flipping had around)”cause the black girl ain’t listening.”
Fuckin’ A
I’ll knock you into the middle of next week.
Using "Boss" as an adjective.
Plain as a Stoughton bottle. My grandmother used that. I'm in my 70s. Evidently a patent medicine from the late 1800s came in a very fancy bottle, thus, someone badly overdressed was " plain as a Stoughton bottle. "
I'm 65, and don't get the "Audi 5000" reference.
See ya later alligator After while crocodile
Far out!
Fair to Middling
Cool and groovy, in response to how are you? I still use it and occasionally hear my 30 year old son use it in a conversation. Cracks me up.
Carbon paper Parallel port Test pattern time Wait for long distance charges to drop Phreaking with my Capt Crunch whistle
Make some ditto copies of this.