Terms Which Have Disappeared

[KILO NOVEMBER]

The boys to the rescue, again!

I've heard Am-scray bandied about often enough, along with ix-nay, which is one of my wife's favorites. That last one now just makes me smile and say, "why don't you make like a tree and get out of here!"

Enjoy Oemay, ArrlyLay, and Urlycay exploring pig Latin!

 

[rjb1]

I think that Pig Latin is not only a term which has disappeared, but a whole language. Hard to imagine the present cell-phone-generation of kids using it...
To put UrlyCay's language ability in perspective, when I was in the 4th grade we could call my best friend's dog (A white Spitz named "Snowball") using Pig Latin: "EreHay, OwSnay AllBay!, and she would come running...

 

[skydog757]

Acting "owly" or "persnickety"; even better when you insert "a tad" or "a mite". Again, these are more country/rural but that's where I was raised.

 

[Stearmen]

Make like a tree and leave.

 

[Stearmen]

[video=youtube;Ch1UQ47rWKU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch1UQ47rWKU[/video]

 

[Stearmen]

Why don't you take a long walk off a short pier?

 

[LizzieMaine]

Go tell your mother she wants you.

 

[Shangas]

I don't think I've seen this one here yet. But as I've used it twice in two days...

Does anyone else still use the word "Conniption/conniption fit" anymore??

Does anyone still know what the hell it means? I've never heard anyone apart from myself using it.

 

[dh66]

I don't think I've seen this one here yet. But as I've used it twice in two days...

Does anyone else still use the word "Conniption/conniption fit" anymore??

Does anyone still know what the hell it means? I've never heard anyone apart from myself using it.

Still hear that one all the time around here.

 

[Cfbaker12]

A conniption fit is when a person has an angry, loud outrage about something or someone with big hand and facial gestures used. We have conniption fits all the time down here in the south!

 

[ChiTownScion]

A conniption fit is when a person has an angry, loud outrage about something or someone with big hand and facial gestures used. We have conniption fits all the time down here in the south!

My dad once told me that if I put a chameleon on a piece of plaid cloth that it would have a conniption fit. Never tested that one.

 

[dh66]

A conniption fit is when a person has an angry, loud outrage about something or someone with big hand and facial gestures used. We have conniption fits all the time down here in the south!

A few years back I noticed a drastic spike in the number of people randomly seeming to have conniptions. I would often see them driving, or even just walking around......then I found out what a Bluetooth was.

 

[rjb1]

I agree with my fellow Southerners - use of "conniption/conniption-fit" is still fairly common here.

 

[Mr Oldschool]

In the Pacific Northwest, we use the term, but Hissy Fit is more common.

Lizzy, I love that "Go tell your mother she wants you" one! I haven't heard it before, but I'm gonna have to use it!

Anyone remember one that was like the short pier one, but something to the tune of "face the ocean and start walking" or some similar such?

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Take a long walk off a short pier.

 

[KILO NOVEMBER]

I think that "dear" as a synonym for "costly" has disappeared.

 

[Stearmen]

Take a long walk off a short pier.

I had that on the last page.

 

[Stearmen]

I just noticed the terms, "Two way radio," and "Walkie Talkie" are back in style! Although, the later is still being miss used. The Walkie Talkie was the big radio men wore on their backs, where almost two thirds of it were batteries. The hand held devise was a "Handie Talkie." [video]http://www.history.com/videos/world-war-ii-radios-got-the-message-out[/video]

 

[KILO NOVEMBER]

I had that on the last page.

Must have been napping.

 

[tonyb]

I think that "dear" as a synonym for "costly" has disappeared.

Mostly, for sure. At least on this side of the pond.

But I still use it. I might, for instance, remind myself or someone else that a "victory" comes at too dear a price.