Terms Which Have Disappeared

[HudsonHawk]

Related terms: wooing or pitching woo, sparking, making eyes at. Don't feel bad. I have been accused of being 120 years old or so myself.

"Sparkin" was a term I'd always heard. I said it to Mrs. Hawk not long ago, and she about fell out of her chair laughing. Sometimes she thinks she married Jed Clampett.

 

[scottyrocks]

I don’t think I could not do it. It’s one of those things that just feels right so I keep doing it. Besides I think both grandpas and my dad can still somehow reach down and slap the back of my head should I forget “how I was raised”

I can't not say please and thank you.

 

[Just Jim]

When was the last time you referred to someone as a battle ax?

Had to stop and think. Haven't had to talk with my ex-mother-in-law or ex-step-mother-in-law since my divorce was final, so just before noon on 2/16/98.

 

[Zombie_61]

I don’t think I could not do it. It’s one of those things that just feels right so I keep doing it. Besides I think both grandpas and my dad can still somehow reach down and slap the back of my head should I forget “how I was raised”

I can't not say please and thank you.

I'm the same way. Aside from having been raised that way, it's simply easier to be polite and courteous to people and show them that level of respect than it is to be a self-important jackass.

 

[Fading Fast]

"Give him the air," "give him the gate," or "hand him the mitten" all describe what you should do when you realize that the guy trying to make time with you is a drip, a dope, or a louse.

Not quite the same in meaning, but one that comes up in old movies often is "take a powder," which seems to mean something like "take a hike" or "get lost."

 

[LizzieMaine]

Or "give 'em the brush," as in "You can't brush me off, like you would a speck of powder -- you may try but you can't brush me off!"

 

[vitanola]

Only in Harrisonia, perhaps:

 

[skydog757]

With all this concern these days about being hacked, no one seems to worry about being snookered anymore.

 

[Peacoat]

Or "give 'em the brush," as in "You can't brush me off, like you would a speck of powder -- you may try but you can't brush me off!"

I think "Brush em off" has been replaced with "Blow em off." As in, "He payed no attention to what he said, but just blew em off."

 

[MissMittens]

Bupkis. Always been one of my favorite terms for "nothing"

 

[Fading Fast]

The other day in a post, I used the word "swoon" to describe the effect that Clark Gable had on women when he smiled at them (they nearly passed out from passion for him). "Swoon" isn't really used anymore, is it?

 

[LizzieMaine]

I've seen it used sarcastically, by women who are not impressed with a man who seems to be very impressed with himself. "Oh, sa-WOON!"

 

[MissMittens]

I've seen it used sarcastically, by women who are not impressed with a man who seems to be very impressed with himself. "Oh, sa-WOON!"

Same. Especially on Instagram and photo sharing social media

 

[Fading Fast]

I've seen it used sarcastically, by women who are not impressed with a man who seems to be very impressed with himself. "Oh, sa-WOON!"

Same. Especially on Instagram and photo sharing social media

So it's taken on an ironic vibe. Thank you.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Nobody ever calls anything a "hum-dinger" anymore, a word that was permanently impressed on my consciousness as a child because the local ice cream stand used to sell its fraps in cups so labeled.

So I grew up thinking of a "hum-dinger" as "a soupy half-melted solution of milk and cheap Sealtest ice cream that leaves indelible stains on your clothes when the dumb paper straw falls apart halfway thru drinking it."

 

[3fingers]

Nobody ever calls anything a "hum-dinger" anymore, a word that was permanently impressed on my consciousness as a child because the local ice cream stand used to sell its fraps in cups so labeled.

That must have been some type of franchise/brand in that time frame.
We did not have fraps in the midwest, but I remember that name on ice cream cups and bowls somewhere along the line. My father was a connoisseur of ice cream so we stopped at quite a few places.

 

[Fading Fast]

That must have been some type of franchise/brand in that time frame.
We did not have fraps in the midwest, but I remember that name on ice cream cups and bowls somewhere along the line. My father was a connoisseur of ice cream so we stopped at quite a few places.

See bolded line above: my dad and yours would have gotten along. Sometimes you couldn't squeeze a nickel out of the old man to save your life, but things always freed up a bit when ice-cream was involved.

 

[KILO NOVEMBER]

We did not have fraps in the midwest,

Outside of New England these were known as "milkshakes", so I'm confident that these were sold in the mid-west. With the rise of "alternative" ingredients, the term has been abbreviated to "shake"

 

[MisterCairo]

Has anyone gone for a malted milk shake recently? We have the odd ice cream place that still makes them. They use Ovaltine or Horlicks.

 

[3fingers]

Outside of New England these were known as "milkshakes", so I'm confident that these were sold in the mid-west. With the rise of "alternative" ingredients, the term has been abbreviated to "shake"

Yes, and I have consumed many of them. I have gathered though that if you ask for a milkshake in certain parts of the country they either would not know what you want or would tag you as an outsider, just as if you asked for a frap from one of our ice cream stands. Although the chain places that claim to serve shakes may have changed that.