words your grandparents used (meaning, quote, similar)

[Retriever]

Originally Posted by Seagrape Grove

Decades ago people who just didn't "fit in" were called "square".

... and a person who was not considered to be an appropriate member of a social group was referred to as a "fifth wheel".

[Lovehound]

Originally Posted by Seagrape Grove

Decades ago people who just didn't "fit in" were called "square".

The modern word for "square" is enterprenuer.

Old word: lickety-split, synonym for "fast; as quickly as possible." New meaning has different connotations. Part of new meaning replaces "as quickly" with "as slowly."

[Lovehound]

Originally Posted by Retriever

... and a person who was not considered to be an appropriate member of a social group was referred to as a "fifth wheel".

I had one of them. I needed a special hitch for it, and it had two sliders; 32 feet of home on 4 wheels.

At the two year mark it became 'hell on wheels.' Took me months of therapy to get over that; money well spent, particularly since it was Medicare.

[cat1116]

My Grandfather used to say "hippa" when we were jumping up onto something. Could have been used for downward motion as well. No connection to the health care privacy issue. Years before it's time.

[ogre]

Originally Posted by Lovehound

You are to be behoven to having the perspicacity to start such an important topic at such an appropriate time!

Props to you!

"behoove: v. - "it is a duty or responsibility for someone to do something; it is incumbent on."

I cheat. Google is my friend.

Also means something is in your interest. As in, "It would behoove you [be in your interest, be to your advantage] to turn in that report on time."

I'd guess that this meaning derives from the one Lovehound posted about. After all, it's usually in your interest to do something you have a responsibility to do.

[Lovehound]

My grandfather used to say, "Dad gummit!" and other similar phrases to avoid cursing around we children. I suspect he used such expressions most of the time because he was such a polite man.

[SeaOfGrass]

I'm not even sure how to spell this, and I can't find anything online about it, but my grandma used to use the word "rickydoo'd." As in you were cheated or swindled by someone. Ex: "I ended up being rickydoo'd by that traveling salesman."

[Seagrape Grove]

Originally Posted by Lovehound

My grandfather used to say, "Dad gummit!" and other similar phrases to avoid cursing around we children. I suspect he used such expressions most of the time because he was such a polite man.

"Dag nabbit" was another euphemism for a stronger curse. I used to hear those two frequently--along with "gol darnnit" and "gosh darnnit". Nowadays anything goes and there are few restrictions on speech almost anywhere. Certainly not in movies nor on radio or TV.

How times change. The whole country was shocked to hear Clark Gable say, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" in GWTW.

[Jorge ChemE]

Not a word or expression but my grandfather once told me speaking about the bible, more or less translated:

"I do not understand why I must be punished for a sin that Adam committed thousands of years ago"

[sas318]

Have a good EVENING instead of night.

I TRUST you had a good evening instead of I HOPE.