words your grandparents used (quote)

[Seagrape Grove]

Originally Posted by Copanut

I agree, mot sure what is considered grandparent material. Some mentioned I use all the time, like hit the rack. First heard that in college, still use it. I think using the word Cool will always be, uh, cool. Just spelled kewl. Some that may soon be grandparent material are groovy and bummer. I was in my teens and 20's when those were in the lexicon and proud to say I used neither.

These dadgum whippersnappers here are spoiling it for everyone.

LOL. Yep. Words and phrases die out slowly and unevenly, both by age grouping and regional use, remaining in use in some areas and pretty much absent in other areas. My mother always said "aught" for "zero" and many people just say "o" as it is easier. (I mostly say "o".)

"Cool" and "sl-u-t" are two words that show no signs of going away. My grandmother (died early 1960s, age 85) used the word "sl-u-t" from time to time and "cool" is a word that has been in common usage for five or six decades, at least. (I used it in high school.) I first heard the word "ho" about 1980 from my son. My grandson recently told me he was "single". (He's 19.) I asked if "going steady" was ever used. He had never heard the term before.

[Copanut]

This will teach him about going steady. What's the word, hummingbird?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKhR8QtQ4do

[jen5276]

"ice box" meaning refrigerator lolol

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by Seagrape Grove

I still use the "hell in a handbasket" phrase.

So do I!

[Tia 914]

One I hadn't thought of til I heard it on a retro t.v. show: "putting on the dog."

[ipaper]

My grandparents and many other used to always say, when referring to bad things young folks did way back then. Satan is loose on the land, and the young people today is taking the world by storm, and we are living in the last days . I often wonder what they would be saying today, as things many young people did back then that was so bad to them, would almost make them look like angels compared to all the things going on in todays world.

[Happy in Wyoming]

From my mother, born 1903:

"The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.''

''champagne taste and a beer wallet (or purse, pocketbook)."

"diarrhea of the mouth"

My eldest aunt, born 1896, would sometimes recite the following:

"Speak roughly to your little boy and beat him when he sneezes.
He only does it to annoy because he knows it teases.''

I know it's from Lewis Carroll, but that's fine.

Here's a toast from a younger aunt, born 1907:

''Here's to those who wish me well
And those who don't may go to Hell.''

My grandmother, born 1872, actually shocked me with this one when I mentioned that my girlfriend and I were going to take a walk through the woods. "Don't try to give her a green gown.''

[Katzpur]

Originally Posted by Seagrape Grove

I first heard the word "ho" about 1980 from my son. My grandson recently told me he was "single". (He's 19.) I asked if "going steady" was ever used. He had never heard the term before.

that reminds me of another one. I'm 66 and I recently mentioned that someone was "stepping out on her husband" when I was talking to my 32-year-old daughter. It cracked her up. She'd never heard it before. (Made me feel really, really old.)

[Copanut]

Originally Posted by Katzpur

that reminds me of another one. I'm 66 and I recently mentioned that someone was "stepping out on her husband" when I was talking to my 32-year-old daughter. It cracked her up. She'd never heard it before. (Made me feel really, really old.)

I'm a few years younger than you but I've used that one as well. Pretty much sums up what is going on in a subtle way.

[atler8]

My maternal grandmother, born in Wisconsin in the late 1890's said "crik" for creek & used "grip" instead of the words suitcase or luggage.
She also said "Rockyfellers" when referencing the famous business/political family.