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    Words from your childhood that are not used anymore......

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    • Posts: 2,668 Member
      Chesterfield (couch or sofa)
      Smorgasbord (buffet)

      There are a few terms my grandma still uses that are no longer P.C. And make me cringe.
    • Posts: 840 Member
      radical, tubular, bo-day-scious (SP?) all meaning of awesome. Things I learned watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles growing up.
    • Posts: 840 Member
      EveFlowergirl wrote: »
      (you look so) fly
      (let's) bounce
      (let's) dip
      peace out!
      eat my shorts
      I dig it

      word (I believe an 80s rapper once said 'Word to your motha")
    • Posts: 639 Member
      Parka, grody (I am not sure if it's spelled "grody" or "groty"), cool beans (I still can't bear that phrase!). Dungarees (my dad still uses this word). Probably others I'm not thinking of right now, too.
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      Oh, sweet!

      That's one I haven't heard since college.
    • Posts: 597 Member
      Bubblah (RI speak for a water fountain)
      Wicked
      We are in the short rows now (the day or job is almost over)
      And my father used to say Jesus H Christ when he would get mad. I asked him once what the H stood for and just got a slap on the side of my head! Lol

    • Posts: 8,927 Member
      watchhillgirl wrote: »
      Bubblah (RI speak for a water fountain)
      Wicked
      We are in the short rows now (the day or job is almost over)
      And my father used to say Jesus H Christ when he would get mad. I asked him once what the H stood for and just got a slap on the side of my head! Lol

      I am from the Boston area. We also said Bubblah and Wicked. I wasn't sure if people still say Bubblah or not.

    • Posts: 1,400 Member
      Far out man
    • Posts: 687 Member
      Sike
    • Posts: 8,927 Member
      I also remember someone saying Killer. "That's Killer!!!"
    • Posts: 1,491 Member
      BinaryPulsar wrote: »
      I also remember someone saying Killer. "That's Killer!!!"

      yes! and bodacious!
    • Posts: 497 Member
      In addition to the nostalgic ones, and the polite ones... I feel like as a kid I heard racist, sexist and homophobic words fly frequently that now I haven't heard uttered in years.
    • Posts: 3,646 Member
      My dad hated the word "fart" and never let us say it. Instead he made us say "poopy gas". X,D
    • Posts: 395 Member
      I remember my cousin in the south saying he'd gotten in trouble for "cuttin' up" in class - meaning he was goofing off and being disruptive. I always thought that was a cute expression.
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      AllOutof_Bubblegum wrote: »
      My dad hated the word "fart" and never let us say it. Instead he made us say "poopy gas". X,D

      My mum hated the word fart too, we had to say 'pump', haha. She still does!
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      edited January 2015
      Buh bye- saying bye in a rude way
      Telling a story= lying (it was a curse word for me)
      Jimmie Da Cricket- you are amazed at something or a replacement curse word

      My mom used to say "I have to pee harder than a race horse followed by a glue truck in a gay parade" I have no idea where that came from...
    • Posts: 796 Member
      My friends and I would do that whole "Your a loser, double loser, get the picture....duh!" Thing....and if you're a girl who knows what I mean....you grew up in the 90's
    • Posts: 654 Member
      far out , rad , bump'n
    • Posts: 222 Member
      Please and thank you.
    • Posts: 2,654 Member
      How many people here know what it means to "hock a loogie"?
    • Posts: 12,618 Member
      MaxPower0102 wrote: »
      How many people here know what it means to "hock a loogie"?

      Yup. That's gross!
    • Posts: 5,169 Member
      ^ yes and gross! :s
    • Posts: 5,169 Member
      AllOutof_Bubblegum wrote: »
      My dad hated the word "fart" and never let us say it. Instead he made us say "poopy gas". X,D

      We had to say "poot". I still can't say fa..... what you said.
    • Posts: 2,654 Member
      Slightly different angle, but what about words we still use today that aren't actually accurate to describe what we are doing. For instance, when was the last time you actually "dialed" a phone or "rolled down" a car window?
    • Posts: 1,491 Member
      melaniefay82 wrote: »
      Please and thank you.

      amen.
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      Dungarees!
    • Posts: 1,491 Member
      the saying, "oh, that's so bootleg!"
      thug
    • Posts: 2,654 Member
      Someone this morning called her Grand-daughter a 'corker' because she said something sarcastic and funny
    • Posts: 3,678 Member
      melaniefay82 wrote: »
      Please and thank you.

      Exactly!
    • Posts: 1,434 Member
      I say "I reckon..." & if'n ya umpto
      My husband believes I made these up. Support needed!
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