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[Pearlee]

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@Daisy wrote:

An old car was called a jalopy. I like that word.

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OMG - thanks for the memories @Daisy Sunflower.  I haven't heard that word since I lived at home with my parents before I went away to college.  My mom used that word a lot.  She's gone now, so you brought back a fun memory of her.

To the OP - this is a great thread! 

[handygal2]

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@Daisy wrote:

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@Pearlee wrote:

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@Daisy wrote:

An old car was called a jalopy. I like that word.

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OMG - thanks for the memories @Daisy Sunflower.  I haven't heard that word since I lived at home with my parents before I went away to college.  My mom used that word a lot.  She's gone now, so you brought back a fun memory of her.

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My dad did, too and that's why I say it.

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@Daisy Sunflower, @Pearlee: What's the current word for that? I call it a "heap."

[Stray]

I worked labor and delivery as a nurse and a woman without a husband was "out of wedlock" and the child was "illegitimate" but today, we just don't use labels or she is a single parent or single mom...

[ladyroxanne]

we used to plant things in dirt.  now we plant in soil

[Pearlee]

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@ladyroxanne wrote:

we used to plant things in dirt.  now we plant in soil

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But the early bird still eats the worm!  

@ladyroxanne  That was a good one you came up with!

[Another new name Sue]

Frosting the hair is now highlights

Sorry if this has been mentioned:

girdle = shaper  (They cannot fool me, it's still a girdle and I'll never wear one again.)

[RainCityWoman]

My grandmother referred to luggage as grips. She too called the sofa a davenport, but my mom called it a Chesterfield. Hi Fi's became stereos. Transister radios became boom boxes and later, Disc man,  MP3's and Ipods,  Grandma called it the ice box, but my mother called all refrigerators Fridigaires, regardless of brand. 

[JustJazzmom]

In old detective novels, cheaters were used on the eyes; now they are reading glasses!

[house_cat]

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@Greenhouse wrote:

I worked labor and delivery as a nurse and a woman without a husband was "out of wedlock" and the child was "illegitimate" but today, we just don't use labels or she is a single parent or single mom...

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I'm not a prude or especially old fashioned, but I still cringe when people use the word "pregnant" in certain situations. I prefer to say "expecting". For instance, one of my students announced that another teacher was pregnant. That sounds so bold and rather rude to my ears. I guess I am old fashioned after all.