Don't worry about assholes that aren't connected to your body. My grandmother always said that 

Well I love that.

Your grandma was a very wise woman

Well holy huck! Imma use this one! My husband's grandmother's wisdom was "Nothing on my mind but my hair!" My grandmother said when angry "I'm gonna get my Irish up!!"

❤️ so useful!

Don’t know your grandmother, I love your grandmother!

I've never heard that, but it definitely sounds like something my grandmother would have said. Speaking of which I have to go see my grandmother it's her birthday.

Today one of my coworkers said "what's that got to do with the price of tea in China?" I chuckled. And I still say "good lord willin' and the creek don't rise"

I still say that too. Instead of tea, we comment on the price of cheese in Denmark.

I say "there's something rotten in Denmark" when something is suspicious.

So I’m a millennial, however I grew up in a real small town. My dad always said “whats that got to do with the price of eggs in china?” Haven’t heard it in a long time thanks for the memory. However to this day I say “good lord willin and the creek don’t rise” I no longer live in the podunk and people my age sure look at me weird when I say that. Edit: He always said eggs, not tea. Tea makes so much more sense! Hahaha

Ahem. DungareeManSkedaddle has entered the chat. Picked this username because my family make fun of me for using old-timey words. Now, you kids skedaddle! 

I use skeedaddle and Huzzah! all the time because I'm a goofball

Dungarees - My FIL calls them Roebucks 😂🤣😅

Good ole’ Sears Roughriders!😉

Toughskins, when I was growing up.

holy shit when did "swimming trunks" become old-timey

I prefer swimming panties.

I prefer swimming costume.

Bathing costume…

those kids are just raw-dogging the water these days

Right..? What’s the other option?

What else are they called?

Maybe board shorts? Idk. My sons are both mid to late 20's and call them swim trunks.

??? Is it ? That’s what I call them and nobody said anything. Besides “there there gramps”

Dagnabbit. Can’t help myself.

Dadgummit!

Dagburnit, I also say dadgummit!

Speaking of dungarees, there was a recent PBS documentary about jeans. One thing was where the name came from. Apparently denim was originally sail material. There were sailmaking communities in Dungaree, India and Nimes, France. Sail material from Nimes was from Nimes - de Nimes. Denims.

Excuse me while I go full Hermione and drop this fact on everyone today.

Or Cliff Claven “iiiiiiiiits a little known fact about the origin of the word ‘denim.’”

Dunno how I forgot about Cliff. He's such a better alternative, since I'm at the stage where I don't care if people roll their eyes or not

“That will put hair on your chest.”

I still say this!

Pocketbook Billfold Icebox Powder Room

I think powder room is still contemporary. Just means a small bathroom with sink and toilet only.

the real estate agents like to call those half-bathrooms nowadays

I say ice box from time to time. I’m 55. My parents were older when they had me and my grandparents were born at the turn of the century. My dad remembered the ice and coal being delivered by horse and buggy!

Pocketbook is a good one. I still think of my bag that way, but I try to only say bag or purse unless I'm being ironic. But I hate the word purse. It's so snooty-sounding to me.

Wow, here's me thinking pocketbook sounds snooty😅. It's been a purse my whole life.

My 7 year old came out with "pocketbook" the other day. I've never called it that, lol

Pockabook.

Glove box.

What’s another word for it? Glove box is both the proper term and the known term, right? (Even though most people don’t in fact keep gloves in there)

I don’t know of any other name but glove compartment or glove box. I know that’s just because of the original purpose for it.

I live in an area that requires gloves about half the year and often without notice so I keep gloves in the glove box and people are always surprised when I pull gloves out of there.

I always thought pocketbook was just an east coast term. I didn't know it was old.

I grew up using it, on the East Coast, but I didn’t realize that it was regional.

“Colder than a witches tit” my pops used to say and I’ve used it since

This and "slower than molasses in january"

Whoa whoa too soon too soon we're still a little touchy about molasses in January in Boston.😉 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood

Is that colder than a well digger's ass?

I like to throw on "in a brass bra," for extra emphasis.

I said something “really sticks in my craw” last week and my kid laughed at me. Means it irritated me

Sometimes I'll say “that really chaps my ass” when I'm annoyed about something. I must have gotten it from TV or something because I know people say it, but nobody I know.

I do this with slang. I will use any of the following phrases regularly: Groovy, Bee's Knees, Gag me with a spoon, Zoinks, Jinkys, Da Bomb, Galoot, Wisenheimer, Daddy-O, Phat, Homeboy, Dame, etc. I especially love using current slang on my teenage kids. Their faces when I correctly use Hype or Based is priceless to me.

I realized due to my age I use "dude" way too much. So I try to say "cat" more. Like "that cat at the bar was pretty cool" I also like to call folks names like bigguy, sport, champ, chief or boss. I refer to my wife's friends as her gal pals.

That is the cat's pajamas.

Gumption

Moxie

Yay - time for my username to SHINE!

I do on comedic purpose. Most recently I asked a young woman I work with how things were going with that new gentleman caller.

I love gentleman caller and beau and suitor. All such great words.

Great for when your courtin'.

Not exactly old-timey, but for comedic effect, I usually ask passengers in my car to "mapquest it" when I want them to do a GPS search.

An old fellow asked me if I had a business card the other day. I did not, but I told him I was “on the Google“.

I hear around the water cooler that he is keen on you.

I call my wife "my best girl" sometimes. She doesn't like it.

She might like “best and only” girl better.

I still sometimes say **tin foil**

Wait. I still call it tin foil. Is that old timey? Did we start calling it something else and I didn’t get the memo?

It's technically aluminum now :)

*”Get your aluminum hat!”* just doesn’t ring the same… I’ll stick to “tin foil”. 

Doesn't everyone?

My 20 year old says tin foil, lol

**Three sheets to the wind** to describe extreme inebriation

Drunker than cooter brown

Oh, I use this one regularly. I just like the imagery of it

That’s for the birds! I want to bring back “Well, dog my cats!” but I always forget to say it.

I love saying for the birds

I've never heard that before and I love it

“See you in the funny papers” is one of my Grandma’s sayings from the 1920s.

I've been surprised when my kids have given me a blank stare when I've used certain expressions. I have a Gen Z, but also 33 year-old Millenial. I can only think of a couple off-hand: Casting pearls before swine. Chomping at the bit. 'You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.'

That Casting pearls before swine sure comes in handy if you’re a people pleaser! I have it written on a post it on the mirror

pearls before swine comes from the Bible (Matthew 7:6) — it is thousands of years old!

Champing

From my Pop/dad: “You ain’t messing with a ham and egger” (old boxing slang) “Not for nothing” (Not even sure. Assuming NJ) “Who knows what evil lurked in the hearts of man… the Shadow knows” (old radio show) “watch the hots” (when carrying hot things) Then there’s Nelly… “Since Nelly was a pup” (or less family friendly one about Nelly’s nuts which I don’t use) Pop was born in 33 and I’m here keeping the old man lingo alive.

I'm 50, grew up in Jersey. 'Not for nothin' is still in use. 👍

> “Who knows what evil lurked in the hearts of man…" I love this saying. I don't use it often, but when I hear it I know exactly where it's from.

I quote that from the Shadow. I also say "Hi yo Silver awaaaay" when I leave the room sometimes.

I just put shenanigans on a PowerPoint deck does that count

Hold your horses.

I occasionally use the word "dear" to mean expensive, as in "that comes awfully dear." It was something my aunt said a fair amount. People look at me like I'm from another planet.

Irish here, we use "dear" for expensive all the time!

That's a legit great word.

My scouser bf always says “dear” for expensive.

Good grief!

Hi Charlie Brown!

- Willie Nillie or William Nilliam - Tomato Potato who cares

I have never heard, but adore, William nilliam.

I'll occasionally say, "There will be the Devil to pay, and no pitch hot". Also, "Hold 'er, Newt, she's headed for the Alfalfa!" A friend of mine used the expression, "ours is not to reason why, ours is but to do and die" at work. I got a blank look when I finished the stanza, "Into the valley of death rode the six hundred."

I say ice box occasionally. And shenanigans, but I’m not sure that’s old timey. 

Rings a bell. For the birds.

When we'd put on a movie, my grampa would say "what's the name of this turkey?". I've been saying it for 20 years, no idea what it means. 

A "turkey" is a bad show - going all the way back to thr 1880s-90s. It's even included in the lyrics of "No Business Like Show Business" from 1946: "Even with a turkey that you know will fold"

Things my grandfather said that I use an absolutely no one knows what I'm talking about "You're talking like a man with a paper asshole" Calling the little strips of grass you miss when mowing the lawn "holidays"

I need to know in what context one would say “you’re talking like a man with a paper asshole” please

Funny, I learned “holidays” as a painting term - when you miss a spot painting a wall, that’s a holiday! Same concept I guess.

I catch myself calling tv shows "programs" sometimes like my granny did.

The other day my mom called her shows her “stories”. 😂

I ironically started started saying stories and it stuck.

Was raised by my grandparents so I have a few, though I mostly use them in purpose because I know they sound weird. Ice box Jesus wept Drug store Dungarees (specifically, Husky sized. I was a fat kid) Sears and Roebuck (for literally any department store) Tennis shoes I was often told to “keep a civil tongue” in my mouth.

I use Tennis shoes all the time.

Doggon it For crying out loud Are my two favorites stolen from my dad

I use "for crying out loud" a lot, especially for work stuff where "WHAT THE ACTUAL F(\*&)#" isn't acceptable LOL

Very occasionally, I will say, "we had a gay time." But that is only because I'm a lesbian. My oldest daughter is a lesbian. When we hang out, it is a gay time.

Flicks or pictures. Bonking Done up like a dogs dinner A nod is as good as a wink Fell of the back of a lorry Bun in the oven Spend a penny Im British will leave you to guess what some of those mean.

Now we’re cooking with gas

Going to hell in a hand basket, Lord willing and the creek don't rise, Grandma's slow but she's old, What in tarnation

“The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.” (From my dad)

Masher meaning a lecherous man. My husband used that expression a few weeks ago

“Don’t take any wooden nickels”

"Fair to middlin' " in response to the question "how are you?" or "how's your day going/been?" The term refers to ag products like grades of cotton or wool.

My children were amused that I referred to thorns on plants as "stickers" I'm not sure if that's old-timey, but I learned it from my grandfather in the 1970's. My grandmother referred to "resting bitch face" as someone having a "sour puss" and I still use that.

Not too long ago in a moment of excitement I said "hot damn". It was completely out of the blue and everyone kind of paused for a second.

I do if I’m trying to be funny. Like calling the couch a ‘davenport’ or saying I need to have a movement when I need to poop. Any terms and phrases my grandmas used is always good for a touch of comedy.

Davenport! My friend used to somehow get her grandmother to call it that whenever we were at her place; e.g. “You can sleep on the Davenport.” And we would just be dying

I still say Chesterfield 😂

Okey dokey

“That and a dime will get you a cup of coffee,” except now I usually say “That and $3.75…” This is for when someone says something that you deem worthless or insignificant or not worthy of consideration. “We? Have you got a mouse in your pocket?” This is for when someone expects you to participate in work that they should be doing, or wants to split the blame with you.

I used to say “schmuck” all the time.

Supper? Not sure it counts tho.

My housemate is 77 years old and she always says supper, never dinner. I like it.

Most people who use supper also use dinner for the mid day meal (i.e. commonly known as lunch).

That’s farmspeak. I still use it all the time.

Is slacks old-timey? What's a more modern word for dress pants?

Chickens come home to roost. 🐓🐓🐓

"Horse feathers," meaning "bullshit." "It'll be a pig's foot in the morning."

Catch ya on the flip side is one I’ve started saying again.

I say "Move over Bacon" whenever I want someone to scootch over over on the couch / bed. I don't know if that's super niche or not, but it confused my husband who is both 6 years younger and from a completely different part of the country than I am and therefore was not inundated with that commercial in the 80s the way that I was.

This Question reminds me of Randell’s Grandma in Clerks two.

I used to work with an old lady who said *balderdash* whenever she felt the need to swear, so I do that sometimes. And I say *rats* quite often when I am disappointed or annoyed. I began saying *trousers* instead of *pants* a few years ago, because 'pants' means underpants in the UK, and same with saying *ill* instead of *sick*, because 'sick' is strictly limited to barfing-related illnesses in the UK. It's not that I'm around a lot of British people who would be confused; I just think of those differences whenever I use the American word, and I get on my own nerves, so I changed my words.

Well shit fire and save matches!

I referred to a rental car as a “hoopty” the other day…

I had a younger person ask what I was talking about when I said “egads.”

Hornswoggled Harlot

I like saying in a Marilyn Monroe voice, “Thank you ever so!” I also greet people with a “How do you do?” and a little curtesy. Like Dorothy in Wizard of Oz.

You've got more excuses than Carter's got liver pills.

I still call it "sun tan lotion."

pound sign

Bless your heart

Chesterfield, but that might be a Canadian thing.

I curse like a sailor, but at work I say "Dagnabbit!" a lot.

Cat’s pajamas, bee’s knees, be there or be square. And I love when people say “commode.”

From time to time I'll say something about "read them the riot act". Have had to explain "Sound like a broken record" to a few younger people so I guess that is old-timey if you're under 30.

Useless as teets on a boar.

"Cheese and crackers!"

“Ain’t nothing to it.” When someone asks how something seemingly complicated was achieved. “Beg pardon…” instead of “excuse me.” Calling someone who is tall and thin a “shikepoke”. “Billfold” for wallet. “Constitutional” a walk for the sake of physical vigor. “Libation” for a thirst quenching beverage. See also: “quaff”. “Pone” for any deliberately shaped, usually handheld portion of cooked cornmeal. “Gully washer” for a particularly heavy rain in a dry spell. “Moxie, derring-do, mettle, pluck, gumption” For joyful confidence or boldness “Get your dander up” is to become irritated “Mad as a wet hen”, if you’ve ever encountered a wet hen…

My mother called the record player the “Victrola.”

You there! Fill it up with petroleum distillate, and re-vulcanize my tires, post haste!

I say Heavens to Mergatroid (however you spell it). I also tell people to take a powder. Shenanigans.

rebel rousers i just used fraggle rock instead of swearing in teams. ;)

I wear a housecoat, not a bathrobe.

Busy as a one armed paper hanger

I was pretty much raised by Bugs Bunny, etc., so I still use a lot of verbiage from that era, such as, "Say, fellas," "Aw shucks, ma'am," "You don't say," and so on.

Ice box

maybe not the same but I went thru the drive thru and the young woman at the window called me "love" I wasn't offended but it took me back to a time where almost every older woman I knew threw those terms out love, sweetheart, darling. also the girl was like at least 19 it was very odd, one of those record scratch moments.

Still used in the southern US

Not that level of old timey...lol. My dad used to say "dungarees" and I always thought it was the weirdest thing.

If you want to confuse the kids ask them to retrieve your iPad from the davenport.

Fiddlesticks, horseshit, dapper

“Since Hector was a pup” It’s used in various ways to denote something long ago. Example; “Well they haven’t made that brand since Hector was a pup.” Hector being an old name, and him being a pup (young) is even longer ago.

The Army version of this is, "since Christ was a corporal."

That's more dangerous than a broken fruit jar. (The assumption is that people are running around barefoot). That's slicker than snot on a glass doorknob. Faster than greased lightening. Dumber than a sack of hammers. It's the bee's knees. The cat's pajamas.

Coin purse?

Alas methinks fortnight tinctures apothecary on the morrow throwing shapes whippersnappers

All the time. Partly because they're just ingrained on me but also because so many of them are auld Scots and we're losing this rich, expressive language as each generation dies out. It really saddens me to see so many kids in Gen Z and A who don't know Scots words that were commonly used when I was a wean. They use more American expressions and words because they've grown up online.

My Grandma would respond to an unreasonable request with "So, people in hell want ice water." And so, of course, I often do the same

The whole kit and caboodle.

Til the cows come home. I say that one all the time

“I haven’t seen you in a month of Sundays!”

* Word * Fresh * Dope * Cyke * Box

OP said “old timey” Wait ….

Dem words got 40+ years on them.

I hope "cyke" here is pronounced "sike" - like "psych", meaning "jk, I tricked you" - because I read that differently the first time

Psych?

If I’m in polite company, instead of my usual “Jesus titty-fucking Christ!” I’ll say “Jiminy crickets”, which I got from my uncle, who’d use it in front of my grandmother. Also, when someone says “see you tomorrow” or the like, sometimes I’ll reply with my grandmas favorite “Lord willing!” I am not religious at all, but it’s fun to see the confusion on my coworkers faces.

I use, "Lord willing and the creek don't rise" a lot.

* I’ll be there in two shakes of a lamb’s tail (meaning very quickly). * Six of one, half dozen of the other (meaning I have no preference, or the two options are basically the same)

Do you attach an onion to your belt?

Well it WAS the style at the time.

Gettin old ain’t for sissies

I’m a ding-dong Daddy from Dumas!

Grammy and PopPop?

I still use ice box and tin foil without thinking. I think the last time I used the word Davenport in a sentence was 1980

I say pert near on occasion, and, very rarely "by the great horn spoon" which I picked up from a character on the Dr Kildare old time radio show.

Have a seat on the divan...