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

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  • EveFlowergirl
    EveFlowergirl Posts: 1,491 Member
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    (you look so) fly
    (let's) bounce
    (let's) dip
    peace out!
    eat my shorts
    I dig it

  • EveFlowergirl
    EveFlowergirl Posts: 1,491 Member
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    Chaelaz wrote: »
    Haven't heard 'pop' when talking about soda for a while.

    how bout sodapop?
  • RockWarrior84
    RockWarrior84 Posts: 840 Member
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    The good ol days, I need to bring these words back.

    If "Fresh Prince of Belair" clothing style (hipsters) is back in fashion then so should some of these words
  • itsanewdayforme
    itsanewdayforme Posts: 7 Member
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    The phrase as a response to "How are you"?.....Fine as frog's hair
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
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    still used but I wish you could use the word gay now without getting a visit from HR. It's such a happy word!
  • bennettinfinity
    bennettinfinity Posts: 865 Member
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    - 'Dog' as a verb meaning to give a hard time... 'the wife was dogging me out'
    - 'Skate' as in to slack off... 'the boss caught me skating and dogged me out'
    - 'Pantywaist' akin to 'sissy'


  • bennettinfinity
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    kinkyslinky16 wrote: »
    Gag a maggot. Nads.

    I played on an intramural softball team named the 'Nads'... our cheer? Go Nads! :)
  • zacksnana
    zacksnana Posts: 3,230 Member
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    jenglish712 wrote: »
    Cheesing
    Clowning (both meant kidding or joking)


    Also retch... growing up in the riverbottoms this was the past tense of reach... as in "I retch down and grabbed the possom."

    Omg died laughing!!
  • EveFlowergirl
    EveFlowergirl Posts: 1,491 Member
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    AKChevy wrote: »
    The good ol days, I need to bring these words back.

    If "Fresh Prince of Belair" clothing style (hipsters) is back in fashion then so should some of these words

    yes! it is true!
  • EveFlowergirl
    EveFlowergirl Posts: 1,491 Member
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    "page me"
  • SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage
    SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage Posts: 2,668 Member
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    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.
  • RockWarrior84
    RockWarrior84 Posts: 840 Member
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    radical, tubular, bo-day-scious (SP?) all meaning of awesome. Things I learned watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles growing up.
  • RockWarrior84
    RockWarrior84 Posts: 840 Member
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    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")
  • Linnaea27
    Linnaea27 Posts: 639 Member
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    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.
  • Linnaea27
    Linnaea27 Posts: 639 Member
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    Oh, sweet!

    That's one I haven't heard since college.
  • watchhillgirl
    watchhillgirl Posts: 597 Member
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    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

  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
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    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.

  • fitfreakymom
    fitfreakymom Posts: 1,400 Member
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    Far out man
  • ErinK09
    ErinK09 Posts: 687 Member
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    Sike
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
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    I also remember someone saying Killer. "That's Killer!!!"

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