re: Old Fashioned words

Posted by Bunk Moreland

Member since Dec 2010

66041 posts

Posted on 5/2/25 at 1:36 pm to Macfly

Henpecked = pussywhipped.

This post was edited on 5/2/25 at 6:36 pm

Posted by boxcarbarney

Above all things, be a man

Member since Jul 2007

25428 posts

Posted on 5/2/25 at 1:37 pm to TigerBaitOohHaHa

My grandma was old school New Orleans. So she would tell me things like "Before supper, go wrench your hands in the zinc."

Posted by GEAUXT

Member since Nov 2007

30370 posts

Posted on 5/2/25 at 1:38 pm to TigerBaitOohHaHa

Chifferobe

Makes me think of this from family guy...

family guy chifferobe

This post was edited on 5/2/25 at 1:41 pm

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Posted by wesfau

Member since Mar 2023

1774 posts

Posted on 5/2/25 at 1:40 pm to Bunk Moreland

That's not what henpecked means.

Posted by Flick007

Member since Dec 2023

212 posts

Posted on 5/2/25 at 1:40 pm to highcotton2

Arsh potatoes

fixin’ to

Gussied up

Play pretties (don’t mess with them, those aren’t play pretties)

Ragamuffin

Tuckered out

Reckon

Coniption fit

Directly (I’ll be back directly)

Buggy (shopping cart)

Clodhopper

Tickled pink

I declare

Tarnation

Sam Hill

Ears burnin’

Posted by Jmcc64

alabama

Member since Apr 2021

1728 posts

Posted on 5/2/25 at 2:18 pm to GEAUXT

quote:
Chifferobe

Makes me think of this from family guy...

family guy chifferobe

I believe it was Tom Robinson bustin' up an ole chifferobe when Mayella came on to him.

Posted by Darth_Vader

A galaxy far, far away

Member since Dec 2011

71775 posts

Posted on 5/2/25 at 2:23 pm to TigerBaitOohHaHa

quote:
Dinner=Supper

I still call it supper more times than not.

Posted by Darth_Vader

A galaxy far, far away

Member since Dec 2011

71775 posts

Posted on 5/2/25 at 2:25 pm to GEAUXT

quote:
Chifferobe

We had a cedar chifferobe that looked like this when I was a kid.

Posted by Jake88

Member since Apr 2005

77519 posts

Posted on 5/2/25 at 2:42 pm to TigerBaitOohHaHa

When I was a kid going on a trip, my grandparents would tell me to pack my "grip." If I came in dirty they often said I had on "grandma beads." If I dressed sloppily I was said to look like a "raggamuffin." When my grandfather wanted to get a stranger's attention he'd address him "Hey, Cap." A "ginnywoman" was a feminine man.

Posted by gumbo2176

Member since May 2018

19210 posts

Posted on 5/2/25 at 2:52 pm to 9rocket

quote:
You want a coke ?
Yeah, git me one.
What kind ?

Damn near verbatim conversations between me and my cousins. Every neighborhood had a few "Mom & Pop" corner stores for kids to spend their allowance.

My favorite "Coke" as a kid was Barq's Root Beer in the 12 oz. bottles but when "Big Giant Cola" came out, you got 16 oz. of sugary goodness for the same price.

One of those Big Giants and a package of Stage Planks and the sugar rush was on...............

Posted by gumbo2176

Member since May 2018

19210 posts

Posted on 5/2/25 at 3:02 pm to TigerBaitOohHaHa

How could I forget this one:

"Makin' Groceries" as in "Dawlin, I'm going to Schwegman's cause I need to be makin' groceries for the week.. Make sure to write down cookin' earl and mynez on the list".

Posted by FLBooGoTigs1

Nocatee, FL.

Member since Jan 2008

58504 posts

Posted on 5/2/25 at 3:08 pm to Gator5220

quote:
Brazilian Nuts - N Toes

Nike Toes?

Posted by LSUA 75

Colfax,La.

Member since Jan 2019

4617 posts

Posted on 5/2/25 at 4:14 pm to FLBooGoTigs1

Grant Parish grandmother:
upchuck-vomit
feel faintified-feeling weak
step ins-underwear
Baton Rouge grandmother:

sette’-sofa
dago-Italian

Both of them said icebox for refrigerator.
Expecting -pregnant
My mother had a melt down one day, I said someone was pregnant.
Would’ve thought I said the f-word.
“Say they’re expecting”.