Want to buy or sell something? Check the classifieds
  • The Fedora Lounge is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.

Search results

  1. skydog757

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    "I don't really like the guy, but he always delivers the goods." Also falling out of favor: Getting the goods on someone.
  2. skydog757

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I've always liked "pier six brawl" to describe an old-fashioned, all-in fight. "Slobberknocker" not so much.
  3. skydog757

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Catch-as-catch-can.
  4. skydog757

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I'll have no truck with that sort of activity Her mind is made up, she'll brook no argument concerning the matter.
  5. skydog757

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I forget the movie or show, but I do remember this scene: Guy: Can I get your number? Attractive woman: It's in the book. Guy: What's your name? Attractive woman: That's in the book too. (Walks away)
  7. skydog757

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    They probably all look beautiful to the US Mint; people "collect" them and take them out of circulation which is a profit for the Fed. "Since it costs the Mint about five cents for each 25-cent piece it produces, the government made a profit whenever someone 'bought' a coin" (Wikipedia quote)...
  8. skydog757

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Don't you miss the days when lawyers couldn't advertise? It seems like half of the commercials on tv now are for ambulance chasers.
  9. skydog757

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    "Call me. I'm in the book."
  10. skydog757

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    For some reason, this reminds me of the phrase "The Devil take the last of them". I always took that to mean that you should be about your business and not procrastinate. Also, I remember the exclamation "Holy Katoots!" and, like yourself, I have no idea what it was supposed to mean.
  11. skydog757

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I haven't heard anyone called "Slats" since I was a kid. Generally used for tall skinny guys.
  13. skydog757

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    There were standard jokes about women "waiting for the fleet to come in" even on early sitcoms like the Dick Van Dyke Show.
  14. skydog757

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Expressions that I used to hear quite regularly when I was young when a person came upon something that was confusing or outrageous were "What in Sam Hill . . .", "What the dickens . . ." or "What in tarnation . . ." ". . . is going on here?!!" I believe that they were all euphemisms for Hell...
  15. skydog757

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I remember the jump from tube radios and tvs to solid state/transistors. Things was, you could replace the tubes yourself from the local drug or hardware store. They even had tube testers right on the counter so you could bring them in yourself and see which which were good or bad and replace...
  16. skydog757

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I've also heard "Aren't you a cool glass of water".
  17. skydog757

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    The only place I hear that anymore is in folk songs.
  19. skydog757

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    One that I never hear anymore is "So sue me" when people have a disagreement. Most likely because things have gotten so litigious nowadays that people actually will sue and they certainly don't need any encouragement.
  20. skydog757

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    "He 'Big-Timed' me!"
  21. skydog757

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Has anyone had occasion to box someone's ears lately? It used to be a common threat when I was a child. Never did get 'em boxed though . . . Got a mild cuff on them once or twice
  22. skydog757

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    The phrase "That's highway robbery!" seems to have run it's course. "Cybercrime", however, seems ubiquitous.
  23. skydog757

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    A friend that I haven't spoken to in a while said "You're harder to get a hold of than the last pickle in the jar".

Latest posts

Members online

Total: 2,896 (members: 32, guests: 2,864)

Forum statistics

Threads
109,973
Messages
3,091,386
Members
54,664
Latest member
FLAME86
Top