Here's a list of words or phrases I don't hear that often. When I do hear them, I chuckle (or cringe), raise my eyebrows, and think to myself, "Where did this come from?"
Go ahead. Throw one into a conversation today and see what kind of reaction you get. Then send me a coment about it.
1. Same dif’
2. Kit-n-caboodle
3. Hullabaloo
4. Forsooth
5. You bet your sweet bippy
6. Lollygagging (esp. lollygaggin’)
7. Tom-foolery
8. Prey-tell
9. Topsy-turvy
10. Peachy keen
11. Jim-dandy
12. Succotash
13. Keep your eyes peeled
14. Darn tootin’
15. Cahoots
16. Conniption
17. Bedraggled
18. Custard stand (think Dairy Queen)
19. Bevy
20. Boondocks (esp. if “Boonies”)
21. Skedaddle
22. Standoffish
23. Hootenanny
24. Too-da-loo (as in "good-bye")
25. Having "a bone to pick” with someone
26. TELLING someone you have a bone to pick with them
27. Behemoth
28. Pesky
29. Nano-anything (gram, meter, second)
30. Yes indeedie
31. Hodgepodge
32. Gumption
33. Fixin’s
34. Triflin’
35. Spelunking
36. Bamboozled
37. Yesteryear
38. Whipper-snappers
39. Saunter
40. Quibble
41. Antics
42. Hubbub
43. Vim and vigor
44. Fist-a-cuffs
45. “Skip to my lou”
Go ahead. Throw one into a conversation today and see what kind of reaction you get. Then send me a coment about it.
1. Same dif’
2. Kit-n-caboodle
3. Hullabaloo
4. Forsooth
5. You bet your sweet bippy
6. Lollygagging (esp. lollygaggin’)
7. Tom-foolery
8. Prey-tell
9. Topsy-turvy
10. Peachy keen
11. Jim-dandy
12. Succotash
13. Keep your eyes peeled
14. Darn tootin’
15. Cahoots
16. Conniption
17. Bedraggled
18. Custard stand (think Dairy Queen)
19. Bevy
20. Boondocks (esp. if “Boonies”)
21. Skedaddle
22. Standoffish
23. Hootenanny
24. Too-da-loo (as in "good-bye")
25. Having "a bone to pick” with someone
26. TELLING someone you have a bone to pick with them
27. Behemoth
28. Pesky
29. Nano-anything (gram, meter, second)
30. Yes indeedie
31. Hodgepodge
32. Gumption
33. Fixin’s
34. Triflin’
35. Spelunking
36. Bamboozled
37. Yesteryear
38. Whipper-snappers
39. Saunter
40. Quibble
41. Antics
42. Hubbub
43. Vim and vigor
44. Fist-a-cuffs
45. “Skip to my lou”