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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 10:08 AM Original message |
Is the generation divide so broad that youngsters don't know ol' sayings like... |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. "As unfortunate as a gong farmer with a sensitive nose" |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 12:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
42. Ya never hear that one anymore, do ya? |
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mikita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. it's a red herring .... |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
3. I know what it means. |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. It doesn't mean a woman is supposed to cook something for you |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I said I wanted the bald eagle, woman! |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. We actually have hundreds of pelicans on our ponds right now |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. I'm younger than yuou and I know what it means. |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
4. that girl is fly...those shoes are def. nt. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. "tip of the iceberg", "snowballing" |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. My life would be better... |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 01:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
43. Yeah - that one doesn't mean what it used to mean... |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. a native Chinese speaker was asking me about the "corner" of the iceberg |
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ChoralScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 12:15 AM Response to Reply #20 |
41. I once asked my mom how I could earn "Brownie Edges" |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. That is like a backstreet in Nanchez. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. Careful now. |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. Splashdown. n/t |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. 'enough to gag a maggot off a gut wagon' is my favorite |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Variant: Enough to knock a buzzard off a shit-wagon. |
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avasmom (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
66. even better... |
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avasmom (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
65. never heard it |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
11. How about? |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. i always thought that was gross |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. It's what's called a cacophemism, or the opposite of euphemism. n/m |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 11:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. That particular one |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 07:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
48. There's logging to be done |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'm a baby boomer and I got confused by |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Goes back to at least Tudor England |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. "Goin' ta hell in a handbasket" |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Gong to hell in a handbasket on roller skates. nt |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #14 |
54. Skate Key |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
62. murphies and cackleberries? |
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Beausoleil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. Rode hard and put up wet. n/t |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
16. I said "23 Skiddoo!" today and the kids looked at me like I was crazy. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. What you uttered had nothing to do with it. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I've been told that before. |
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cyberswede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #16 |
57. I use "bees knees" sometimes. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
17. but where did that expression, "eat crow" come from? |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. According to Brewer's Dictionary |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yeah, but the "eat crow" was in GD: P, I'll bet. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
24. Telling time |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
25. I got a look for this one (and had to explain) from someone my own age |
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limit18 (261 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
28. "pop the clutch" |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 10:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. and...? I drive a 5-speed- manual tranny |
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limit18 (261 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 07:35 AM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Put it in first gear... |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
29. I didn't need it explained to me - I just thought your use of it was inappropriate |
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drmeow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
34. Broken record n/t |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
35. Shit flows downhill |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
37. I run into this stuff all the time with younger co-workers. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #37 |
51. I think part of it is that many people don't have the literary grounding |
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cyberswede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Curious George changes |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
39. Just post the wikipedia entry |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
44. Jeepers Mr. Kent, ,,,, |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 02:41 AM Response to Original message |
45. I used the expression "Like Sherman through Georgia" to my daughter |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #45 |
55. Now that I think of it... |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 02:45 AM Response to Original message |
46. "two bits" |
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Highway61 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
49. "You catch more flies with honey |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
50. "pinch a nickle till the buffalo shits" |
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Boudica the Lyoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
52. If I give you half a crown would you take your knickers down |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
53. We people who live in the country |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
58. A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse! |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
59. I was chatting with some young waitresses the other day |
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Rambis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
60. What does next of Kin mean? |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
61. "granny got her tit caught in a ringer" |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
63. 'let your freak flag fly' |
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avasmom (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
64. not their fault |
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