Slang terms from the past vs new/current ones... - Page 2

Dusty1 · ‎03-10-2010

Well, I do use groovy. Cause I can!

It makes me laugh. Like I am in a Brady Bunch episode.

People who know me, know I love words & I use weird words whenever. It' fun.

decaf · ‎05-13-2021

Remember 'far out' and 'bummer'? Wish I had a dollar for every time I said bummer. I still use 'cool' all the time, 'awesome' always sounded so pretentious to me. I'll never be able to pull off "dope".

agb80 · ‎10-16-2020

I don't use slang because I don't want some rude person saying, "ok boomer."

tototwo · ‎03-09-2010

Are some of you pointing out that how we use slang might be an age thing? I still use groovy, cooool, mahhhvelous, fabulous, the cat's meow, the bee's knees, swell, gnarly and lots of expressions I grew up with.

"Awesome" is a word I try not to use, but sometimes it just slips out and I hate myself for saying it. "Far out" always reminds me of John Denver.

* A woman is like a tea bag. You can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water. *
- Eleanor Roosevelt

jellyBEAN · ‎04-03-2010

Wow, I FINALLY GOT IN!! And now I don't recall how, but I had to go thru signing into my account and then going back into the forums/blogs and signing in there and wallah - here I am. Hooray. I didn't change anything.

But now back to your thread - I was more or less thinking of older expressions like:

Holy Cow or Holy Smokes!

No use crying over spilt milk

For crying out loud

For pete's sake

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink

Don't put all your eggs in one basket

I never used the word awesome, imo it is way OVER used. The same goes with the word amazing. I cringe whenever I hear it because it is the only descriptive word people seem to know anymore. Esp. the judges on talent shows!! Get a vocabulary people.

Flowers are nature's way of laughing

tototwo · ‎03-09-2010

I know what you mean, @jellyBEAN ...

"Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit"

"Put that in your pipe and smoke it"

"Finer than frog's hair"

.... just to name a few

* A woman is like a tea bag. You can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water. *
- Eleanor Roosevelt

teganslaw · ‎03-11-2010

Someone on the messge boards uses th word "paramour." I thought that term was obsolete, and have never heard that word except in older movies. It does have a nice sound to it, though.

"The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog."

Mark Twain

jellyBEAN · ‎04-03-2010

How about

Great Caesar's Ghost (used by Superman's boss a lot)

Everything is Hunky Dory (meaning all is well)

Heaven's to Betsey or Heaven's to Murgatroid(sp?)

Like a Dog on a Bone (can't leave well enough alone)

Doesn't matter how flat a pancake is, it still has two sides (thanks alot Dr. Phil)

Well, I'll be a Monkey's Uncle

Flowers are nature's way of laughing

tiny 2 · ‎03-10-2010

@teganslaw wrote:
Someone on the messge boards uses th word "paramour." I thought that term was obsolete, and have never heard that word except in older movies. It does have a nice sound to it, though.

@teganslaw, Yes it does. That poster is Mz eyeball. Excuse me. Her avatar kind of freaks me out. It is the kind of thing you don't want to look at but can't help it. The poster is @Mz iMac.