Reblog from the Question Box. “Don’t make me stop this car!”
Now, pipe down as we head down the nostalgic road to yesteryear. I wouldn’t want to have to put the quietus on you. Don’t make me turn this car around! This is a list of parental, grandparental words, phrases, admonitions from childhood–all my selective memory would allow. There are many more. I’ve included a link to a similar themed post from another blog I enjoyed reading.
- Looking glass: Mirror
- Window light: Window
- Hard roads: Paved highways
- Molygrumps: Being extra grumpy or crabby
- Chum, School chum: Friend or buddy
- Footfeed: Automobile accelerator pedal
- Isinglass: Fireproof, translucent, pot-bellied stove windows
- Clinkers: Cinders, left from burning coal or wood (not to be confused with clunkers)
- Coal oil: Kerosene for heating or lighting
- Fagged out: Tired, exhausted (no slur intended)
- Eyes bigger than stomach: Took more than could eat
- Make better door than window: Penalty for blocking TV
- Buying, selling: Buy for what you’re worth, sell for…
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We have a nice little wet-weather creek that runs along our property line, cutting through the middle of the wooded lot next door. My kids played in the creek and in the woods all the time. They were a few years older than Greg, our neighbor’s boy, so by the time he played there, he had Annie, our Dalmatian and other kids from the neighborhood with him. Sometimes, I think Greg was the only person Annie really liked.
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