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29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group My late father (born in '33) used to say he'd been "d**ked by the dangling dong of destiny" when something went wrong that was out of his control.

mourninglark , Sarah Stierch Report

Final score:

172points

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spirit wolf 3 years ago

I will be adopting this phrase, going into effect immediately. Thank you!

100points

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group When I was a kid and we had a slow start to our day my mother would say “we’re off like a herd of turtles” still makes me smile

kurtsta , Krabiman Report

Final score:

143points

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LH25 3 years ago

I had an uncle who said "turd of Herdles" instead.

55points

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group There was an older gentleman, about 70, that I used to work with that looked at me and said “His butter done slid off his biscuit” referring to another coworker acting crazy. I’m in southern Kentucky.

Awerunner , Bill Selak Report

Final score:

128points

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Scagsy 3 years ago

His cheese has slid off his cracker

40points

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group My grandpa likes to use the phrase "not my monkey, not my circus"

to everyone asking if he's Polish, we're Latino. He says it in both Spanish and English, "no es mi circo, no son mis monos". I didn't realize until writing it out that he flips the order in English.

Career_Much , Ben Tullis Report

Final score:

119points

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Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago

I assume this is idiomatic for “not my problem.”

61points

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group answers the phone

“Yellow!”

fjordbastard , Erik Vanden Report

Final score:

114points

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Sky Render 3 years ago (edited)

Better than the early 2000s, when the standard phone greeting was "WHAZZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!?"...

33points

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

This goes on and on (until the dawn).

1point

alwaysMispelled 3 years ago

Yello, not yellow

8points

Yugan Talovich 3 years ago

Yof course!

7points

Walter Brameld 3 years ago

Ahoy-hoy?

6points

April Caron 3 years ago

Or if you’re Mexican, like my family, with your accent, “Jello!”

6points

Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

Been there, done that.

4points

Caleb Livingston 3 years ago

Its how Homer Simpson answers the phone

3points

Fus 3 years ago

Guilty. Just like my father.

1point

Taibhse Sealgair 3 years ago

Could be worse. Could answer with "Ahoy" (Yes, this was a thing just after phones came out.)

1point

Pezor Zass 3 years ago

Friend who lived in Japan said some of his english speaking friends there would answer the phone "washingmashing" because it sounds like the common phone answering phrase "moshi moshi". i think it was a form of semi-joking rebellion?

1point

Julia French 2 years ago

yeh, hello

0points

Barbara Skolly 3 years ago

At least the person uses a greeting. There are people that answer and say nothing!!!

0points

Mindy Keys 3 years ago

finished up with "mmmBye". (Midwest US Standard)

0points

Marilyn Ransberry 3 years ago

My father in law did. Then never said goodbye just hung up. 🙃

0points

Georgia Hebert 3 years ago

If the phone wakes me up I answer with 'This better be good!'

0points

Brian Bennett 3 years ago

Better than YEAH!

0points

Alicia Miller 3 years ago

My mom used to say, "I'll talk at you later" when hanging up the phone and I always hated it. IDK if it's a regional thing but she grew up in Kentucky. Never heard anyone else say it, so I assumed it was regional.

0points

Okasan Willis 3 years ago

Yallo is what I say

0points

Paradise 3 years ago

Ugh that is cheesy

0points

Archer Harris 3 years ago

I say it every time. I didn’t even know it was a thing. I’m Gen Z

0points

Banana97286 3 years ago

I still do this XD

0points

Lara Verne 3 years ago

Ow!

0points

Knoxy 3 years ago

Hello chief, let's talk why not?

0points

Knoxy 3 years ago

Moshi Moshi

0points

iBlank 3 years ago

I'm still saying "yao"... from the Yao Ming commercials ages ago

0points

Fester Sixonesixonethree 3 years ago

I still do this occasionally - depending on who is calling me.

0points

Karin 3 years ago (edited)

Watch Modern Family. Phil has a hundred of different ones! > Phil: [answering FaceTime] What's the best first-person shooter about genetically-modified space marines? Halo! *** Phil: [cell phone ringing] Quick. Who sang "Evil Woman"? [answering phone] ELO! *** Phil: Oh. Quick. Nature's sure-fire sunburn remedy? [answering phone] Aloe?

0points

Thorfin Wolfsbane 3 years ago

I was raised to answer the phone with "who dis?" or "what you want?"

0points

Truth Monster 3 years ago

I think this is from a show called Seinfield. Kramer answered the phone this way

-1point

Chris Hills 3 years ago

stupid then, stupid now

-2points

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group Went into a speed shop the other day and overheard the shop owner talking to someone on the phone. Man was 60+ and said un-ironically "Catch ya on the flip side Daddio" to end the conversation he was having.

ampd1450 , Adam Report

Final score:

103points

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Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago

Straight out of the 1950s...and it’s Daddy-o

63points

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group slight stray from question, my english professor says “heavens to betsy”

MyxHere13 , Shane Global Report

Final score:

100points

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Otter 3 years ago

Your English professor isn't allowed to swear on the job

19points

Flashy_Concern_4676 , Peter Hellberg Report

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group You can call me anything you like except late for dinner!

I use this all the time and my wife tells me that’s something only old men say

Final score:

93points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

Hello Mr "in time for dinner" I'm Mrs "always room for dessert"

40points

aGrlHasNoUsername , Antonio Castagna Report

#10

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group “If ifs and buts were candies and nuts, we’d all have a merry Christmas”

Final score:

87points

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Suz66 3 years ago

I heard Sheldon use this one on Big Bang Theory.

25points

#11

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group My nana says “That really turns me on” about ANYTHING. Good ice cream, a movie, music, doesn’t matter.

spinkyrinky , alex yosifov Report

Final score:

79points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

A good ice cream turns me on too😅😅😅

38points

#12

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group "Davenport" to mean couch. Apparently, it was a name-brand couch back in the day.

bradradio , Kara Babcock Report

Final score:

79points

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Otter 3 years ago

My late grandmother saud that. She was born around 1900.

22points

#13

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group My mom was not a fan of colorful language, I can't recall ever hearing an f-bomb escape her lips. But if she was mad at someone, she would say "They can just go piss up a rope!" I still don't know WTF she meant.

nachobitxh , dailyinvention Report

Final score:

78points

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Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago

I’m familiar with this phrase

19points

#14

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group My dad used to say “That’ll put lead in your pencil”.

FactoryV4 , Yusuke SAKAI Report

Final score:

76points

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Tiny Dancer 3 years ago

That's got to be right up there with, "That'll put hair on your chest!", which always bugged me seeing as I was a chick, lol.

46points

#15

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group My mother used to say "he's got his wobbly boots on" whenever she saw someone drunk.

kiss_my_what , boothekolt Report

Final score:

67points

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Chris Wade 3 years ago

Haha that's cute

25points

#16

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group When you put something in your mouth it's really hot and react.

Que grandma "well it wasn't cooked on a f*****k sewing machine"

thatmaintenanceguy , Emma Jane Report

Final score:

65points

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Daniel Pacheco 3 years ago

wonder if your grandma has latino roots? Sewing machines and to-saw, in castellano & spanish is 'máquina cosedora' / 'coser' (which is very simmilar to 'cocer' /to cook

13points

#17

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group My father says, and I quote, "Foshizzle Manizzle."

Vesper2004 , Remy Sharp Report

Final score:

64points

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Joanna 3 years ago

Yeah, this is something older millennials remember. I remember it from 9th grade and I'm 32.

22points

Practical-Usual-4414 , Juan Camilo Trujillo Report

#18

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group When talking about drinking, my dad says "I got plowed the other night" rather than "I got drunk the other night"

Final score:

62points

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Otter 3 years ago

He doesn't have any gay friends, does he.

43points

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#19

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group I have a friend, about 15 years older than me, who constantly says s**t like "bump uglies".

KomedyChameleon , Charles Brewer Report

Final score:

57points

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Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago

And that, my friend, is what’s known as a Generation Gap!

36points

#20

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group My mom is 71, she says things are cool. But she pronounces it like kewel, or kyoul.

OhAces , Jessica Merz Report

Final score:

55points

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Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago

She’s only five years older than I am and one of my faves is “cool beans”

57points

confused_enby102 , followtheseinstructions Report

#21

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group "The devil's been beatin' his wife"- when the sun is out but it's still raining. I heard this a lot growing up but apparently some people have never heard of it?

Final score:

55points

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Yugan Talovich 3 years ago

There's a very old English proverb that goes something like, If it rains while the sun is shining, the devil is beating his wife with a leg of mutton. It's so weird I've never forgotten it.

34points

#22

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group My grandma would say “bull feathers” instead of bulls**t

Hunk_n_Butt , hotzeplotz Report

Final score:

53points

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Yugan Talovich 3 years ago

Horse feathers!

46points

#23

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group My older relatives in Michigan (all passed away now) used to say Geez-O-Pete instead of Jesus Christ, I guess so as not to blaspheme? Who f**king knows?

motown_missile , Carlos Ebert Report

Final score:

49points

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Manny_Flawz 3 years ago

I have heard "geez louise"

26points

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#24

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group My dad still talks about "The Japs!" Like he fought in world war 2. But he's too young and also not American.

Sparkes , Ryan Hyde Report

Final score:

41points

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Caro Caro 3 years ago

Lots of countries had to fight the Japanese in WWII. Dutch, British, Australians and then there were all the locals like Malay, Indonesian, etc.

28points

#25

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group I hate when old people ask “can you whack this off for me”

For $20 anything is possible tho

MarkedHondaMan , John Trainor Report

Final score:

41points

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Thorfin Wolfsbane 3 years ago

"technically, sir, if I whacked it off for you, it wouldn't be called whacking off..."

13points

#26

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group My coworker says "It's hotter than a blistered d**k in a wool sock"

CoolWalrus2085 , AnnaKika Report

Final score:

40points

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Zoe's Mom 3 years ago

Colder than a witches tit in a brass bra. An old friend says that.

44points

#27

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group 50/50 chance my mom is gonna say “and we’re off like a dirty shirt” when leaving an establishment.

I kinda like it though

Moonflufff , woodleywonderworks Report

Final score:

35points

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Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago

My favorite is “Let’s blow this popsicle stand.” I like it so much that I had a Swedish person tell me how to say it, so now I say (this is a transliteration since I have now idea how it it would be spelled in Swedish) the upper-case letters are said in a higher tone than the lower-case ones (apparently this matters) “Lo-TOOS spreng-A det-TA EES-glass stahnd...or, in the language of my people, Let’s blow this popsicle stand.”

26points

#28

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group grandpa: says narcist instead of narcissist. apparently back in the day that was normal

grandma: if wishes were fishes we’d have a big fry

Embarrassed-Cream , C Watts Report

Final score:

35points

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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

"If wishes were Porsches, beggars would drive" ---- my mom having twisted "If wishes were horses".

19points

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#29

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group My mom says she’s “gotta go tink tink” instead of to the bathroom.

VividTangerine , Paul Report

Final score:

32points

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Jessica Rabbit 3 years ago

I called it tinkle once and my husband was like, "You are an adult, not a child".

23points

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#30

My father still says oriental

Bro-die6 Report

Final score:

11points

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Yugan Talovich 3 years ago

I live in the Orient where the term is still used and useful. Asia is everything from Arabia to the Philippines. The Orient is the Far East, the Chinese cultural sphere.

19points

#31

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group not offensive, just weird. my dad still says “sipping the sauce” instead of drinking lol

midnight_prophet_ , Kim Lowton Report

Final score:

9points

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Scagsy 3 years ago (edited)

Here in the UK, people can still be heard saying 'I had a good night on the sauce last night'. Meaning they had many interactions with the barman.

7points

#32

29 Outdated Words And Phrases Some Older Folks Use That Puzzle Millennials And Gen Zers In This Online Group Mother in law.. "black doctor" or "lady doctor" or "man nurse".. always a point worth noting for her

moneyshot62 , OnCall team Report

Final score:

8points

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Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago

She probably remembers back when it was pretty much all white men all the time.

17points

#33

Cotton picker. My dad said this instead of swears.

PurpleDerpNinja Report

Final score:

8points

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Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago

I’ve heard cotton-picking as a substitute for numerous swear words.

15points

#34

Dude, outdated? I get a headhache from my tennage brothers new terminology. Like eating is called dusting. He's dusting the food. What?

Erik-Priebe Report

Final score:

5points

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OoNijNoO 3 years ago

Zero sense in that indeed

6points

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Green Cabochon 3 years ago

"If it was a snake it woulda bit you," when it takes a minute to notice something. My grandma always said it and now my mom does.

27points

Walking On Sunshine 3 years ago

Oh Lord I can hear my grandmother saying that! Thank you!

3points

A Head 3 years ago

Had a math professor in college - very nice older Texan woman - who, when talking about someone of...lesser intelligence, would say "He wouldn't now how to pour water out of a boot if the instructions were on the heel!"

11points

Higgleton 3 years ago

"He couldn't find his way out of a paper bag"

8points

Vicky Z 3 years ago

I have a question!! How do the older women in your country refer to menstruation? I've heard so many different versions and the most weird are "she has her clothes" (don't even know what that even means) and the classic "the Russians are coming" which I never liked as an expression.

9points

WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago

Older women in the Netherlands do not speak much about menstruation. I've heard "Being on the rag." (which seems to have it's origin from the time where women had to sew the pads themselves) and "Waving the red flag."

8points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

Which country? In the US, it was "on the rag" or "Flo is visiting" for my mother's generation and even sometimes "a friend in town". B/c heaven forbid we say, "She's having her menstrual period". I've seen "crimson tide" among younger, but that's all I can think of that I've actually *heard*.

8points

Lily Mae Kitty 3 years ago

I'm 60 and we just always called it our period. I think my mom tried to call it my "friend" once and I told her it was no friend of mine! I grew up in NJ.

6points

Dodo 3 years ago

In the UK I've heard 'being on the blob' which I actually hate. But just 'being on' works too. Also 'time of the month' or 'got her monthlies'.

5points

Auntriarch 3 years ago

I'm guessing that's a 'red' allusion

5points

Suz66 3 years ago

Visit from Aunt Flo, on the rag, shark week...

5points

Viv Hart 3 years ago

It's that time of the month.

1point

Walking On Sunshine 3 years ago

I remember Nancy Reagan once saying that in her day they called it "the PIP." No other context.

1point

Lily Mae Kitty 3 years ago

and the derogatory was "on the rag" but that was usually boys in high school.

1point

Ivana 3 years ago

Drinking the Kool Aid. Heard a co-worker say it recently and I was like, "You know most of them just got straight cyanide because they didn't have enough kool-aid." My co-workers all looked at me like I was nuts. The person who said "drinking the kool-aid" asked what I was talking about. None of them knew it was a reference to Jim Jones. Always find it neat that we can adapt sayings that will become more popular and longer lasting that what the saying references. Like letting the cat out of the bag, looking a gift horse in the mouth, dead ringer, saved by the bell, etc.

6points

BasedWang 3 years ago

it was Flavor-Aid

3points

lazy panda 3 years ago

For some reason, my dad has always said "it's colder than a witches tit in a brass bra on the dark side of the moon." We live in North Dakota so when that phrase was uttered, we knew it was COLD cold.

5points

Truth Monster 3 years ago

A relative of mine would not stop calling her sandals "thongs". She announced to a group once she needed to "put on her thongs!" before we left her house.

5points

Helen Haley 3 years ago

i don't know where you're from in the US, but i've heard of them referred to as thongs or flip flops interchangabely. It seems to be regional.

5points

Jccaidc 3 years ago

When I was young and annoying my dad he'd say, 'you could make a bishop kick out a stained glass window.

5points

Frank 3 years ago

My parents use to say "are you Red-eye?" instead of ready when going on long trips.

4points

Pat Bond 3 years ago

Generational sayings. They are no more annoying than the youth of today always putting in a completely unnecessary "Like" in a sentence or starting a sentence with "So".

4points

Green Cabochon 3 years ago

Ooh does this mean I'm still a youth?? I'm so used to being called an Elder Millennial.

5points

Suz66 3 years ago

My hubby used the term, "They were as crazy as rats in a meth lab"

4points

Jro308 3 years ago

My favorite that my Gram always said was "She's acting like a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs." It means you are acting very nervous or jumpy. She usually used it when she thought she was being lied to about something.

3points

Tami 3 years ago

"XYZ" meaning "examine your zipper" (it's open).

3points

Jessica Gunn 3 years ago

"You're flyin' low" or "barn door's open"

5points

More Thinking Needed 3 years ago

At least back then people spoke in complete sentences that were grammatically correct.

3points

Ueda 3 years ago

My mother (French) used to say pretty racist stuff I will not repeat here. It was perfectly normal to use such expressions back in the days. Would I use it today, I would be in big trouble. And for all the best reasons.

3points

pusheen buttercup 3 years ago

"do you have a jiffy?" "In a jiffy!" No one understands me o.o

3points

Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

I know someone who has favourite saying when she is hungry, "I could eat the crutch off a low flying duck".

3points

Dodo 3 years ago

I always heard 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse' but an Australian soap opera once taught me an alternative: 'eat a horse, chase the rider'.

2points

Goth mouse (they/them) 3 years ago

My grandad is from Lancashire and says ‘ey up’ and ‘ey up, duck’ all the time 😄 also a few older people i know call me duckie or duck which is sweet 🦆

3points

GFSTaylor 3 years ago

'Duck' is still used in parts of Lancashire. In Glasgow, it's 'hen'. In Sheffield, everyone can be addressed as 'love' but in Cornwall, it's 'my lovely'.

2points

Colin L 3 years ago

My family used a *lot* of these. A couple I didn't see here: "Slicker than snot on a glass doorknob," and "Stranger than snake suspenders."

2points

Panda-riffic 3 years ago

Ask my coworker how he's doing and he would say, "finer than frog's hair".

2points

John Montgomery 3 years ago

The main one I can think of I only really ever heard from my grandad, but he always called my grandmother "Mata". Pronounced mate with a long "a"added to the end.

2points

Dodo 3 years ago

Might be from 'mater', the Latin for mother?

3points

Kristin Ingersoll 3 years ago

I had a friend who, instead of saying "For the love of god!" would say, "For the love of corn!" It made me giggle.

2points

Faith Hurst-Bilinski 3 years ago

How dare they use the language they've always used! They need to jump on your trends instead! One of the biggest reason people come jump with new stupid things to say is that they want to be different from old people. So they can then complain, I guess.

1point

Sterrinatu 3 years ago

My mom likes to call people "buzzard Puke" when they piss her off.

1point

Aroace tiger (any pronouns) 3 years ago

My Spanish teacher says "the speed of a thousand gazelles"

1point

BasedWang 3 years ago

"slicker than snot on a doornob"

1point

Rens 3 years ago

"I haven't seen *name/object* since Pa fell off the bus. My mom says that.

1point

E 3 years ago

'Humping' to mean moving, as in 'I've been humping tables all day'. And still referring to their little cloakroom thing as a glory hole..

1point

Cuervo 3 years ago

Goovy man. Lol

1point

BasedWang 3 years ago

"What the Dickens" also butters my croissant

1point

BasedWang 3 years ago

cringe every Fn time I hear my grandparents say "shine"

1point

Tami 3 years ago

My mom has always said, "Deader than a popcorn fart" to refer to a place that's quiet with no activity. That always sounded weird to me, so I finally googled it, and the saying is actually, "DRIER than a popcorn fart", which has nothing to do with activity. I haven't the heart to tell her...

1point

Suz66 3 years ago

Rodney Dangerfield said in a movie, "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse's ass off a park bench." I shocked my hubby when I first used that.

1point

Caro Caro 3 years ago

My mum" When something sticks like s**t on a blanket". I fell off my chair when she said that.

1point

Penny Fan 3 years ago

"Hand me the rap rod, plate captain"

1point

Emmydearest 3 years ago

In Italy it's very common to say: I've got my things.

0points

Tami 3 years ago

I was a quiet child, and dad would say, "She wouldn't say s**t if she had a mouth full of it." Decades later I came up with a funny come-back: "Yeah, I guess that's why mom's cooking never improved." Never had the courage to say it though, and anyways mom was a pretty good cook.

0points

OhForSmegSake 3 years ago

If someone is being annoying or a bit of a dickhead in my family they were told to "Go soak ya head"

0points

Carole Reid 3 years ago

My uncle used to call toilet paper "film for his Brownie".

0points

TheDivineMsM 3 years ago

My grandpa never cursed. If he wanted to say a bad word he'd say, "oh shickelgroober"

0points

TheDivineMsM 3 years ago

Or gee minently. That's another one.

0points

Bex 3 years ago

"Go pound sand in a pickle factory!" Me (43), and my sister (49) say it, and we got it from my Mom (75).

0points

Julianne Hannes 3 years ago

Hold your horses

0points

Jackie Porter 3 years ago

My mum calls her cupboard that has all her spare towels, sheets, xmas decorations etc her 'glory hole'

0points

Brian Bennett 3 years ago

My grandmother for some reason hated the term "I wonder" She'd say don't wonder 'till bird s build bests up your ass then you can wonder how they go the sticks there. Never knew why she hated this term. The one term that really drives me nuts is when your talking to someone and they say "WHATEVER" in an offhanded manner!

0points

Heather Menard 3 years ago

Tin foil. Can you tell me where I can find tin foil. People look at me funny

0points

ilikeplants 3 years ago

It's coming up a cloud. (Going to rain)

0points

ilikeplants 3 years ago

Long in the tooth (very old). Knee-high to a grasshopper (very young).

0points

ilikeplants 3 years ago

Lord willing and the creek don't rise.

0points

Steve Ramaekers 3 years ago

Slower than molasses, dumber than a doorpost, not the brightest bulb in the bunch, shake a leg, move it or lose it

0points

Steve Ramaekers 3 years ago

Sh*t outta luck

0points

Steve Ramaekers 3 years ago

Up a creek without a paddle

0points

the child 3 years ago

my grandpa says 'let's go to moscow' every time he starts the car to go somewhere

0points

GFSTaylor 3 years ago

When we got home from a Sunday drive (back in the 70's), Dad would often exclaim "We're In, Meredith !", which was a catchphrase from a (UK) radio comedy, back in the 30's or 40's. I still sometimes think it to myself when I get home from somewhere in the car.

0points

Финикс Дэ Лионь 3 years ago

I got a couple... "wish in one hand, s**t in another and tell me which one fills up first." "Not the brightest crayon in the box." It's raining cats and dogs. Up s**t creek without a paddle.

0points

Melissa Peck 3 years ago

I had a friend that said "whatever turns your biscuits" for "whatever makes you happy". Always cracked me up.

0points

Steve Ramaekers 3 years ago

Whatever trips your trigger

0points

Tamra Stiffler 3 years ago

I used to hear: "You can get glad in the same shoes you got mad in!"

0points

Walking On Sunshine 3 years ago

My mom always says "Pin a rose on your nose" and it means well, aren't you special? She also uses the phrase "the bees knees" way too often. Born in 1947.

0points

Steven Cook 3 years ago

I'm 51 and use some 70s slang like Right On, Swell, Solid, etc... My 16 yo son has discovered 80s slang like gnarly and rad

0points

Melissa Peck 3 years ago

Make sure he knows about fer sher, and gag me (with a spoon).

0points

memyselfandI 3 years ago

My grandpa had tons of these… flip flops were Japanese motorcycle riding boots, pencils were wu-wus, both my grandma and grandpa would say “I’ll go see a man about a horse” for going to the bathroom. “If it doesn’t come out right, make like a mathematician and work it out with a pencil” was the next part of that.

0points

Philler Space 3 years ago

"Off like a prom dress" feels problematic now.

0points

Chich 3 years ago

I remember hearing "sticks like s**t to a blanket"

0points

Kiwii Stone 3 years ago

I think this is one of those articles that needs renaming. Only about 10 of them weren't obvious what they meant so "make your brain hurt" isn't a great descriptor

0points

iblowsheep 3 years ago

"want in one hand a s**t in the other and see which one fills first."

0points

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Green Cabochon 3 years ago

"If it was a snake it woulda bit you," when it takes a minute to notice something. My grandma always said it and now my mom does.

27points

Walking On Sunshine 3 years ago

Oh Lord I can hear my grandmother saying that! Thank you!

3points

A Head 3 years ago

11points

Higgleton 3 years ago

"He couldn't find his way out of a paper bag"

8points

Vicky Z 3 years ago

9points

WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago

8points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

8points

Lily Mae Kitty 3 years ago

I'm 60 and we just always called it our period. I think my mom tried to call it my "friend" once and I told her it was no friend of mine! I grew up in NJ.

6points

Dodo 3 years ago

In the UK I've heard 'being on the blob' which I actually hate. But just 'being on' works too. Also 'time of the month' or 'got her monthlies'.

5points

Auntriarch 3 years ago

I'm guessing that's a 'red' allusion

5points

Suz66 3 years ago

Visit from Aunt Flo, on the rag, shark week...

5points

Viv Hart 3 years ago

It's that time of the month.

1point

Walking On Sunshine 3 years ago

I remember Nancy Reagan once saying that in her day they called it "the PIP." No other context.

1point

Lily Mae Kitty 3 years ago

and the derogatory was "on the rag" but that was usually boys in high school.

1point

Ivana 3 years ago

6points

BasedWang 3 years ago

it was Flavor-Aid

3points

lazy panda 3 years ago

5points

Truth Monster 3 years ago

A relative of mine would not stop calling her sandals "thongs". She announced to a group once she needed to "put on her thongs!" before we left her house.

5points

Helen Haley 3 years ago

i don't know where you're from in the US, but i've heard of them referred to as thongs or flip flops interchangabely. It seems to be regional.

5points

Jccaidc 3 years ago

When I was young and annoying my dad he'd say, 'you could make a bishop kick out a stained glass window.

5points

Frank 3 years ago

My parents use to say "are you Red-eye?" instead of ready when going on long trips.

4points

Pat Bond 3 years ago

Generational sayings. They are no more annoying than the youth of today always putting in a completely unnecessary "Like" in a sentence or starting a sentence with "So".

4points

Green Cabochon 3 years ago

Ooh does this mean I'm still a youth?? I'm so used to being called an Elder Millennial.

5points

Suz66 3 years ago

My hubby used the term, "They were as crazy as rats in a meth lab"

4points

Jro308 3 years ago

3points

Tami 3 years ago

"XYZ" meaning "examine your zipper" (it's open).

3points

Jessica Gunn 3 years ago

"You're flyin' low" or "barn door's open"

5points

More Thinking Needed 3 years ago

At least back then people spoke in complete sentences that were grammatically correct.

3points

Ueda 3 years ago

3points

pusheen buttercup 3 years ago

"do you have a jiffy?" "In a jiffy!" No one understands me o.o

3points

Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

I know someone who has favourite saying when she is hungry, "I could eat the crutch off a low flying duck".

3points

Dodo 3 years ago

I always heard 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse' but an Australian soap opera once taught me an alternative: 'eat a horse, chase the rider'.

2points

Goth mouse (they/them) 3 years ago

My grandad is from Lancashire and says ‘ey up’ and ‘ey up, duck’ all the time 😄 also a few older people i know call me duckie or duck which is sweet 🦆

3points

GFSTaylor 3 years ago

'Duck' is still used in parts of Lancashire. In Glasgow, it's 'hen'. In Sheffield, everyone can be addressed as 'love' but in Cornwall, it's 'my lovely'.

2points

Colin L 3 years ago

My family used a *lot* of these. A couple I didn't see here: "Slicker than snot on a glass doorknob," and "Stranger than snake suspenders."

2points

Panda-riffic 3 years ago

Ask my coworker how he's doing and he would say, "finer than frog's hair".

2points

John Montgomery 3 years ago

The main one I can think of I only really ever heard from my grandad, but he always called my grandmother "Mata". Pronounced mate with a long "a"added to the end.

2points

Dodo 3 years ago

Might be from 'mater', the Latin for mother?

3points

Kristin Ingersoll 3 years ago

I had a friend who, instead of saying "For the love of god!" would say, "For the love of corn!" It made me giggle.

2points

Faith Hurst-Bilinski 3 years ago

1point

Sterrinatu 3 years ago

My mom likes to call people "buzzard Puke" when they piss her off.

1point

Aroace tiger (any pronouns) 3 years ago

My Spanish teacher says "the speed of a thousand gazelles"

1point

BasedWang 3 years ago

"slicker than snot on a doornob"

1point

Rens 3 years ago

"I haven't seen *name/object* since Pa fell off the bus. My mom says that.

1point

E 3 years ago

'Humping' to mean moving, as in 'I've been humping tables all day'. And still referring to their little cloakroom thing as a glory hole..

1point

Cuervo 3 years ago

Goovy man. Lol

1point

BasedWang 3 years ago

"What the Dickens" also butters my croissant

1point

BasedWang 3 years ago

cringe every Fn time I hear my grandparents say "shine"

1point

Tami 3 years ago

1point

Suz66 3 years ago

Rodney Dangerfield said in a movie, "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse's ass off a park bench." I shocked my hubby when I first used that.

1point

Caro Caro 3 years ago

My mum" When something sticks like s**t on a blanket". I fell off my chair when she said that.

1point

Penny Fan 3 years ago

"Hand me the rap rod, plate captain"

1point

Emmydearest 3 years ago

In Italy it's very common to say: I've got my things.

0points

Tami 3 years ago

0points

OhForSmegSake 3 years ago

If someone is being annoying or a bit of a dickhead in my family they were told to "Go soak ya head"

0points

Carole Reid 3 years ago

My uncle used to call toilet paper "film for his Brownie".

0points

TheDivineMsM 3 years ago

My grandpa never cursed. If he wanted to say a bad word he'd say, "oh shickelgroober"

0points

TheDivineMsM 3 years ago

Or gee minently. That's another one.

0points

Bex 3 years ago

"Go pound sand in a pickle factory!" Me (43), and my sister (49) say it, and we got it from my Mom (75).

0points

Julianne Hannes 3 years ago

Hold your horses

0points

Jackie Porter 3 years ago

My mum calls her cupboard that has all her spare towels, sheets, xmas decorations etc her 'glory hole'

0points

Brian Bennett 3 years ago

0points

Heather Menard 3 years ago

Tin foil. Can you tell me where I can find tin foil. People look at me funny

0points

ilikeplants 3 years ago

It's coming up a cloud. (Going to rain)

0points

ilikeplants 3 years ago

Long in the tooth (very old). Knee-high to a grasshopper (very young).

0points

ilikeplants 3 years ago

Lord willing and the creek don't rise.

0points

Steve Ramaekers 3 years ago

Slower than molasses, dumber than a doorpost, not the brightest bulb in the bunch, shake a leg, move it or lose it

0points

Steve Ramaekers 3 years ago

Sh*t outta luck

0points

Steve Ramaekers 3 years ago

Up a creek without a paddle

0points

the child 3 years ago

my grandpa says 'let's go to moscow' every time he starts the car to go somewhere

0points

GFSTaylor 3 years ago

0points

Финикс Дэ Лионь 3 years ago

I got a couple... "wish in one hand, s**t in another and tell me which one fills up first." "Not the brightest crayon in the box." It's raining cats and dogs. Up s**t creek without a paddle.

0points

Melissa Peck 3 years ago

I had a friend that said "whatever turns your biscuits" for "whatever makes you happy". Always cracked me up.

0points

Steve Ramaekers 3 years ago

Whatever trips your trigger

0points

Tamra Stiffler 3 years ago

I used to hear: "You can get glad in the same shoes you got mad in!"

0points

Walking On Sunshine 3 years ago

My mom always says "Pin a rose on your nose" and it means well, aren't you special? She also uses the phrase "the bees knees" way too often. Born in 1947.

0points

Steven Cook 3 years ago

I'm 51 and use some 70s slang like Right On, Swell, Solid, etc... My 16 yo son has discovered 80s slang like gnarly and rad

0points

Melissa Peck 3 years ago

Make sure he knows about fer sher, and gag me (with a spoon).

0points