Bygone words

[okie]

I Lost words from our childhood:

Murgatroyd!. Do you remember that word? Would you believe the email spell checker did not recognize the word Murgatroyd? Heavens to Murgatroyd! Lost words from our childhood: Words gone as fast as the buggy whip! Sad really!


The other day a not so elderly (age 75) lady said something to her son about driving a Jalopy, and he looked at her quizzically and said “What the heck is a "Jalopy?" OMG (new word for him! He never heard of the word "jalopy"!! She knew she was old.... but not THAT old.

Well, I hope you are Hunky Dory after you read this and chuckle a bit. About a month ago, I illuminated some old expressions that have become obsolete because of the inexorable march of time and technology. These phrases included: "Don't touch that dial," "Carbon copy," "You sound like a broken record", and "Hung out to dry." Back in the olden days we had a lot of 'moxie.' We'd put on our best 'bib and tucker' to 'straighten up and fly right'. 'Heavens to Betsy!' Gee whillikers! Jumping Jehoshaphat! Holy moley! We were 'in like Flynn', and 'living the life of Riley'', and even a regular guy couldn't accuse us of being a knucklehead, a nincompoop, or a pill. Not for all the tea in China! Back in the olden days, life used to be "swell", but when's the last time anything was "swell"? Swell has gone the way of beehives, pageboys, and the DA hairstyles.; of spats, knickers, fedoras, poodle skirts, saddle shoes, and pedal pushers.. AND DON'T FORGET....saddle stitched pants, Oh, my aching back! Kilroy was here, but he isn't anymore. We wake up from what surely has been just a short nap, and before we can say, Well, I'll be 'a monkey's uncle!' Or, This is a 'fine kettle of fish'!

We discover that the words we grew up with, the words that seemed omnipresent, as oxygen, have vanished with scarcely a notice from our tongues and our pens and our keyboards. Poof, go the words of our youth, the words we've left behind -- we blink, and they're gone. Where have all those great phrases gone? "Let's all go to the beach Saturday". Long gone: Pshaw, The milkman did it. Hey! It's your nickel. Don't forget to pull the chain. Knee high to a grasshopper. Well, Fiddlesticks! Going like sixty. I'll see you in the funny papers. Don't take any wooden nickels. Wake up and smell the roses. It turns out there are more of these lost words and expressions than Carter had little liver pills. This can be disturbing stuff! ("Carter's Little Liver Pills" -- Hey, they are gone, too!).

We of a certain age have been blessed to live in changeable times. For a child, each new word is like a shiny toy, a toy that has no age. Those of us at the other end of the chronological arc have the advantage of remembering that there are words that once did not exist and there were words that once strutted their hour upon the earthly stage and now are heard no more, except in our collective memory. It's one of the greatest advantages of aging. It leaves us to wonder where Superman will find a phone booth.

See ya later, alligator! Oki-doki.

WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE FABULOUS 40's. NO ONE WILL EVER HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AGAIN. WE WERE GIVEN ONE OF OUR MOST PRECIOUS GIFTS.......: OUR MEMORIES........!!


from Travis....who is old enough to remember.

[tuffnell]

Oh Boy do I remember those sayings. Took me back to my younger years.

[bobodu]

Pledge Of Allegiance, kick stand,boys/girls...
Now they wash their own mouths out with soap....

[tuffnell]

Makes me wonder what happened to the grey matter between the ears of those who participate in this folly.

[okie]

Makes me wonder what happened to the grey matter between the ears of those who participate in this folly.

This puts a whole new meaning to "if you say that word again, I will will wash your mouth out with soap".

TRavis

[okie]

Here is where it all started..................https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KjxFDGFKhk