You don’t say
Now look here
Well I’ll be
That’s swell
Boogie
Rad
Buxom
Ravishing
Daft
Now look here
Well I’ll be
That’s swell
Boogie
Rad
Buxom
Ravishing
Daft
Don't forget Trollops.I miss some of the more poetic ways to describe characters of ill repute.
Rapscallions
Hoodlums
Philanderers
Scallywags
Ne'er-dowells
Knaves
Miscreants
Such a boomer thing to say!We'll have to agree to disagree on that.
Jerry rig is definitely used. I have heard it and seen it in writing since the 70s. Jury rig is also used, but it's not one or the other. N-word rig is used, and probably some others.It's not "jerry-rig", it's "jury-rig." It's a corruption of the French word "jour" (day) referring to something which is a temporary fix, i.e., " for the day." It's an old nautical expression.
You know what's weird...I've seen Alec Baldwin use that term in two different movies he was in, Glengarry Glen Ross and The Edge, neither of which was from the era that term was popular. It makes me wonder if he's going to the director and asking if he can use that word instead of whatever else was in the script.Broad (for any woman)
You know what's weird...I've seen Alec Baldwin use that term in two different movies he was in, Glengarry Glen Ross and The Edge, neither of which was from the era that term was popular. It makes me wonder if he's going to the director and asking if he can use that word instead of whatever else was in the script.
"Stop the press!"
Not a word no longer in use, but do any Americans or Canadians here remember members of the 'Greatest Generation' (parents of the Boomers) pronouncing 'diabetes' as 'diabeetus', a la actor Wilford Brimley? I sure do![]()