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| Aunt Clemys Farm Girl |
Posted - Aug 11 2008 : 12:59:02 PM
What are some of your favorite expressions / sayings heard over the years?
A few I remember are :
"Town Butter" --- describing butter, in the margarine stick form, not from your own dairy cows
"She's from the cornbread side of the table" -- born and raised on the farm with pride
"Cabbaged On" --- describing finding something you want and latching on before it's on.
"For Crying Out Loud In A Bucket" --- when at your wit's end in frustration
Aunt Clemys Farm Girl
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| fionalovesshrek |
Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 10:46:25 AM
Just to keep this in perspective, my folks are from the Carolina's, but raised me in California. I'm now back in N.Carolina...some of these are "california-ism's"
She looks like she was rode hard and put away wet - had a hard life
Cop a Squat- have a seat
Drop a lude, dude- RELAX
Gag a maggot! -something you say when your food is BAD!
Ain't bigger than a minute nut -a very tiny baby
I swannee in the river - my goodness
goodness gracious sakes alive--OH my goodness
You're having a pity party and no one showed up!- stop feeling sorry for yourself
would you like some cheese with that Whine? -stop whining
You get what you get and you don't have a fit- what i say to the boys when passing out food/toys/clothes etc.
case quarter-an actual quarter
quarter-any amount of change equalling 25 cents.
and it's not a saying exactly, but around here if you're looking a little pale or sickly, they'll say "piqued" like "peek-ed"...interesting.
finna go/fixnta go - getting ready to go
that was fun! I pulled from all the places I've lived, GA, TX, FL, NC, SC, VA, CA (there's more but it's boring)
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| LivingWell4You |
Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 09:52:44 AM
"If it'd been a snake it woulda bit me!" - When something is so close you can't see it
My cousin's favorite saying - "Oh, fiddlesticks!"
God bless -
Karen
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| Bellepepper |
Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 06:53:50 AM
When my Grandma was surprised, she would say, "you could have knocked me off the Christmas tree". ?? What do you suppose that ment? |
| MarySueK |
Posted - Aug 12 2008 : 10:19:05 PM
My grandfather used to say I was "vaccinated with a phonograph needle" since I (according to him!) talked a lot. My kids wouldn't even get that one. My mother-in-law kept saying it was "hotter than the hinges" (of you-know-where) this summer.
Sue in Richland WA |
| elphie0503 |
Posted - Aug 12 2008 : 8:48:45 PM
LOL!!!! That's great!
quote:
Originally posted by Aunt Jenny
"Looks like he/she fell out of an ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down"
Jenny in Utah
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Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Aug 12 2008 : 7:37:12 PM
"Looks like he/she fell out of an ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down"
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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| elphie0503 |
Posted - Aug 12 2008 : 6:38:02 PM
Now, my Pap was a sailor if you catch my drift, so when we would ask him what time it was he would reply "Half past a monkey's a##, a quarter to it's !@#$....needless to say, Mom didn't let us too far out of earshot when we were little!
Samantha
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| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Aug 12 2008 : 3:52:23 PM
oh I thought of another one..alot of times when we kids would ask "what time is it?" my mom or dad would say "oh it's just a hair past a freckle"...ha
fun to read all of these expressions.
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| deeredawn |
Posted - Aug 12 2008 : 1:42:26 PM
Oh, I thought of another one... My granny used to say (giggle) "oh Balls!" this was whenever she didnt believe something or was ticked off!
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| elphie0503 |
Posted - Aug 12 2008 : 11:40:55 AM
I have always hear "Nervous as a cat in a room full of rockin' chairs." That's one kind of nervous!!!!!
Samantha
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| Amie C. |
Posted - Aug 12 2008 : 09:41:06 AM
I just learned a new one from the local newspaper. They posted mug shots of two women who had stabbed another woman in a bar fight, and the commenters to the online story just piled on insulting their appearance (they looked pretty rough). So the one guy says: "I'm not going to say those ladies are ugly, but they'd make a train take a dirt road."
I used to be partial to the phrase "hit and dragged by the ugly bus" but this is my new favorite! |
| Aunt Clemys Farm Girl |
Posted - Aug 12 2008 : 07:46:06 AM
Reading all the replies made me laugh ---- good memories of expressions forgotten and enjoying those never heard.
A big thank you to everyone who shared.
A few others :
"Grandma was slow, but she was old" --- if someone was moving too slow
"She knows which side her bread is buttered on" --- someone who always goes with the better offer
"Land Sakes" ---- to express surprise or even sympathy
"He could talk a dog off a butcher's truck" --- very convincing person
Aunt Clemys Farm Girl
Farm Girl #300
Kansas to Massachusetts |
| Past Blessings |
Posted - Aug 12 2008 : 07:18:48 AM
My grandma used to say "oh, my eye!" if someone was telling her something that she just didn't believe to be true. Many years ago, I was at a garage sale with a friend. The man there was very annoying and telling us things were worth rediculous prices. After a while, in exasperation, I tried to say, "oh, my eye!" but for some unknown reason, it came out, "oh, my a_ _!" I am not a cussing kind of girl and I was instantly mortified. My girlfriend quickly abandoned me and was found giggling hysterically in the car. I have never repeated grandma's saying since.
Hugs & blessings,
Brenda
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Aug 12 2008 : 06:43:46 AM
ohhhh .. my aunt leola usta exclaim: "i was more nervous than a chicken in high weeds" .. loved it!
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| deeredawn |
Posted - Aug 12 2008 : 04:39:15 AM
My hubby's family is from KY and his dad is forever saying things like....
----cuter than a speckled pup
---dumb as a box of rocks
----finer than frog hair
----aint that a kick in the pants
---here's a quarter, go by a sense of humor
(that one was used when they were joking around and the receiver did not find it funny!
----a*s over applecart
---cart before the horse
I'm sure there are more... but having a brain fart right now. Dad in law and my dad are both from southern orientations and when they talk about certain things they add "d;s" to the end of their words.... for example:
"where we growd up".
or
" It was bad so I throwd it away"
I get such a kick out of it!
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| dutchy |
Posted - Aug 12 2008 : 04:10:58 AM
QUOTE: "another one was if someone was slick/sneaky or something like that we'd say "slicker than a greased pig"
Here in the Netherlands we say: "Slicker than an eal in a bucket of slime"
YUCK lol.
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Aug 11 2008 : 6:23:44 PM
My grandma used to always refer to a gal who was * ahem* ...loose....as "That gal is a ring-tail tooter!!!" We had no idea what she meant back then..but I do get a kick out of it.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
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| Brew Crew |
Posted - Aug 11 2008 : 6:06:35 PM
When something is really awesome, a friend of mine always says 'That really rocks my socks!'. I'm not sure the origin of the saying, but it makes me laugh everytime she says it!
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| miss wilma |
Posted - Aug 11 2008 : 4:49:08 PM
We used to have a good friend that came pretty often and I would always have raspberry cobbler for him, he would say Miss Wilma that pie is so good it would make a rabbit hug a hound. He has done passed on now but I think of him often
Farm Girl #96
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| acairnsmom |
Posted - Aug 11 2008 : 3:22:03 PM
We used to say she got her knickers in a knot!
"Let us greet with a song of hope each day" |
| mommom |
Posted - Aug 11 2008 : 3:12:16 PM
My girls and I know a lady who gets upset real easily and we always say we don't want to upset her so she won't get her "panties twisted!" Susan |
| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Aug 11 2008 : 3:01:06 PM
here's one that has been in my family for a long time:
"Worry never got a rocking chair anywhere"
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and then if we hadn't seen anyone in a long time we'd say "well..I aint seen you in a coon's age"
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another one was if someone was slick/sneaky or something like that we'd say "slicker than a greased pig"
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then if we were wanting something that wasn't gonna happen..my dad would say things like "well, you are barking up the wrong tree"
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when someone would "fly off the handle" that meant they had lashed out in anger
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We'd sometimes say "gosh you went hog wild now didn't ya"...meaning you did good..went and had a lot of fun be it shopping/finding a good deal or just plain having loads of fun.
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when someone went "whole hog"..it meant they went all out/above and beyond..in food,decor or whatever.
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To "Put on a mean feed" ...meant that you fed folks good.Like "gal you sure put on a mean feed!"
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"Panties in a wad"..meant you'd gone and gotten yourself upset and pouty about something silly.
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Like a bump on a log"..meant sitting being lazy
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Talking to a brick wall...meant you weren't responding to the conversation as you should.
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"In one ear and out the other".... meant you were acting like you were listening, but you weren't.
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Two peas in a pod"..just alike in thought and mannerism
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When someone would come to visit you and they'd walk in the door...we'd sometimes say "Now aint you a sight for sore eyes"..actually meant "good to see you"
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"Stomping grounds" meant it was where you grew up at.
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there were quite a few words we used too
words like :
thing a ma jiggy, doo hicky, thing a ma bob..to describe something you couldn't think of the name of right at the minute.
You'd say something like "hey there can you hand me that doo hicky right there?"
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Sometimes we'd say something like "stop running around like a chicken with your head cut off!"..that meant the person was confused or flustered with things.
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and to "chew the fat" meant you were talking alot about really nothing important.
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and of course..."ya'll" always means you all or a couple of people.
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Lots more phrases of course that I've used in my life time...but that's a few of them. :0)
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| JudyBlueEyes |
Posted - Aug 11 2008 : 1:47:25 PM
Linda, my father used to say, "For cryin' tears in a bucket!"
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| acairnsmom |
Posted - Aug 11 2008 : 1:34:55 PM
Just the other day, I told someone "I'm getting off my high-horse". Now where did that one originate? In my situation it meant I was going to stop being superior to them. I had a couple of others in mind when I wrote this but now they escaped me. Senior moment-that's an expression I unfortunately have been needing to use lately!
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