When old-fashioned expressions creep into modern-day conversations

A couple of weeks ago at work, I blurted out the word “skedaddle” while talking to a colleague and a spirited university student. In that instant I felt 60 years her senior.

Then, just yesterday a friend told me about her young niece’s reaction to the expression “arse over tea kettle.” I heart that expression. It makes me giggle every time I hear it.

Those two instances made me think about other terms from the past, which sometimes find their back way into our vocabulary. For me “noggin” and “bugger all” conjure up memories of my grandfather. It makes me smile whenever I catch myself uttering either of those expressions.

My move to Atlantic Canada has introduced me to choice sayings. The oddest among them has to be “It’s as cold as a witch’s tit.” I’m not sure how long that expression has been kicking around, but I’m guessing that it has been quite some time.

Got any old-fashioned expressions that creep into your vocab all “willy-nilly”? You know, you’re chatting away and everything’s going “tickety boo” when all of a sudden some word pops out of the blue.

Call me a “nosey Parker” I want to know what proverbs and silly words may have influenced you or cracked you up. Don’t be “hoity toity” – just spill it, I want to know the whole “kit and caboodle.”

Let silliness reign…

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