Slang for everyday items
The elderly neighbor woman I grew up next to ...
Said she got a pack of step-ins every year for her grandchildren. ( Underwear)
Old timers called jeans dungarees.
They called crappie Papermouths
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Slang for everyday items
The elderly neighbor woman I grew up next to ...
Said she got a pack of step-ins every year for her grandchildren. ( Underwear)
Old timers called jeans dungarees.
They called crappie Papermouths
Peanuts were and still are called goober peas
Bacon renderings, flour and coffee = Red Eyed Gravy or what we call Soaky
Called matches lucifers
Any body of water = water or waterin hole
Outhouse at my grandparents was called privy.
Newspaper, magazine, catalogs were wipin paper.
Groundhogs were call whistle pigs.
Pants were called britches
Living room was called a parlor
Couches were called Davenports
Cigarettes were called squares
Cigars stogies
Welch was called a timepiece.
They used to call remotes clickers
Before that they called the kids to change the channel
I remember my Grandma calling the couch a "devonette".
The table in the kitchen/dining room was always called the "Dinner Table" (never Lunch/Breakfast table), but was sometimes referred to as the "Supper Table".
I've heard chest of drawers and even a freestanding closet called a "wardrobe".
Rainboots were called "Rubbers" or "Galoshes".
Young troublemakers were "Hoodlums", "Hoods", "Hooligans".
Heard Grandpa call the tv a squawk box
An old junk car was a jalopy
Something that wasn't made well was rinky dink
Stairs that were not safe looking were rickety
Just watched a western...
Opium was called Laudanum
A ghost would be referred to as a haint, a specter, or a spook
Refrigerator - Icebox
They planted buy the signs
Caulking called "corking"
I remember that one now that you said itQuote:
Originally Posted by speckfinder
Back when kissing was necking and dating was courting or courtin
Cold Storage - Root Cellar
Front porch was called the stoop
Some shoes were called clod hoppers
Heard boots referred to as Brogans. Pretty sure that was a brand
A knot on the head was a goose egg
Slop the hogs (feed)
The end of a loaf of bread was the heel.
Black powder revolver was called a hawg leg
The black powder rifle a smoke pole
A good bump on the head could result in a pop knot
A dresser was called a Bureau
It's also a place where you might keep your skivves
Skedaddle or scram...to leave in a hurry
Toilet - John
Quote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
Vamoose too
Caning was/is called preserving
Thunder Pot - No plumbing, inside the house night time container *****
chamber pot tooQuote:
Originally Posted by rufishn
An old man - ole coot
Thunder mug as well
Lower that a sow's belly
Lower than a snakes belly
Rooting around like a hog
Hog wild
Holler a place between 2 hills
Wheel horse. A one wheeled motorized plow
When looking at a tough situation - “You have to break a few eggs if you want to make an omelet”. That from my mom, an old NC gal.
Bob
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day
Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime.
“You keep behavin’ like that and you and Mr Belt are fixin’ to get together”! A warning I heard from an old Arkansas USAF sergeant issued to a rowdy son.
Bob
Dang, I still hear a lot of these when I visit friends / relatives in certain parts of the state!
I grew up hearing crappie called "freckle" or "specks". You caught them with "minnies". They made good "vittles"
If I asked Grandpa if he preferred black freckle or white freckle, I'd likely hear back "Six one way, half a dozen the other"