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Yes! My mom totally says slacks, dungarees, creme rinse...and calls a highlighting a 'frosting.' She still says Price Club too.

I often say "Eegads" (I guess it's another way to say OMG)- my Grandma used to always say that (it's also said constantly by a character in the Music Man).

I dunno if these count but I say them a lot "Okey dokey smokey" and "Holy canoli" I stopped saying "no way Jose" and now say Jorge in place of Jose. I usually use these on kids though.

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My grandfather still calls it Sears & Roebuck.

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My mom always says:
"You're giving me agida."

ETA: She says "sanitary napkin" instead of pad.

Sitting out on the stoop instead of the front steps.

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Posted by MrsRJP

Posted by TheDivaBrideandTeddyFrog

"Oh my word!" has been a popular one with me lately...my mom called jeans "dungarees" for a looong time...I'm sure there are more I'm not thinking about now...

My mom too called and still does call jeans "dunagrees". i always laugh when she say it.

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my mom always says "HOLY MACKRAL"

it drives me crazy

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My grandma used to call the refrigerator..the ice box

Also both of my grandparents used to ask at the end of each school year "did you get promoted?".

My Grandma used to ask me this even as a teacher at the end of the year. This is one the last conversations we had last year because I saw her on one of my last days of school.

My mom says way to many to count and I find myself saying them to kids in my class and they look at my like huh??

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i always say "you can't go wrong" and "they thought they were the cat's meow" and "now now , there will be none of that shinanigans!!"

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My parents/grandma are/were guilty of sooooo many of these:

Gma: ice box, she used to watch a program on tv

mom: dungarees, slacks, blouse, you're giving me agida

dad: earl, terlet or batroom, clicker, he sits in the PARLOR

This is a funny thread

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Here are some of my mom's sayings (I don't say them all but I get a kick out of them.):

"Who's she? The cat's mother?" (after I would refer to my mother as she when "she" was in the room.)

"I have to go spend a penny" (pee)

"Be good--if not, be careful!" (as I would head out for the night! )

"A watched pot never cooks."

"Patience is a virtue. Have it if you can. It is found seldom in a woman--and never in a man!"

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I say these thanks to my mom:

"going to hell in a handbasket"
"up the wazoo"
and I call a fire hydrant a "johnny pump"

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lol from my parents:

"he's as useless as tits on a bull"
"I'll knock you into the middla' next week"
"Put that in your pipe and smoke it"
"Jee-suzzz Mar-eee and Joseph"

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I say a ton, especially after having DD and wanted to watch my language.

I say shoot a whole lot more now.
I still call my DVR- TIVO (I know, not so old).
Geeze Louise.
When DD does something she shouldn't I say no siree bob.

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To get a stranger's attention (like a waiter or salesperson) my father would always call them "chief" and would called a vanilla sunday with hot fudge a "black and white".

I always say, "oh, good Lord". And the woman I am very close to at work is quite frum, so I've picked up a lot of Yiddish (now only those words will work sometimes!).

ETA: MIL calls people who are fresh "cheeky" and people who are fake "barfs". Ha!

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When I was younger (and sometimes now) if I misbehaved my mom would call me cheeky or fresh.

Butter wouldn't melt

Like water off a duck's back

Keep your arms crossed and your legs crossed

My stomach feels like my throat is cut off

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Oh we have alot around here. They are all old school sayings from my Nana from the Bronx.

Broad=girl

drawers=underwear

"Why don't I just stick a broom up my a$$ and sweep." You say that when you are busy doing something and someone wants you to do something else.

Ogeda (sp?)= heartburn

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I use these oldfashioned words a lot

Stoop = Stairs leading up to the house

tinfoil = aluminium foil

ice box = freezer

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What a groovy post!!

While doing a show, I sang a brief version of "Splish Splash" as part of a medley (Splish Splash/I was takin' a bath....). When I finished I said, "So, don't touch that Dial!"

But, no old time sayings compare to classic Yogi-isms such as:

"It ain't over 'til it's over"

"You come to a fork in the road, take it"

"Nobody goes there any more. It's too crowded!"

"90% of the game is half-mental"

And, of course, a saying in Stengelese:

"You could look it up!"

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I will call up DH, and frantically ask "did you tape my program?!?!?"

his answer: Relax NANA, you won't miss your Housewives of NJ"

And I am only 33, so there is no other excuse for this, BUT my mother :0

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Posted by DaniRella

My Mom still asks for "high test" gasoline instead of Premium or whatever. Then, and this is the kicker, she'll add in "unleaded please".

UNLEADED?!!!

I still call Costco Price Club and I still call NUMC Nassau County Medical Center lol. It will always be the Medical Center!

I can't really think of anything else.

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Posted by Jenn627

My mom always said "I have more blank than Carter has liver pills."

I find myself saying it all the time.

Like just now I said to a co-worker "I have more wrapping paper than Carter has liver pills."

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My mom also calls conditioner "creme rinse" and blush "rouge".

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My mother still calls jeans dungarees,
she has all these crazy sayings she uses all the time. .. she also on occasion calls Stop and Shop .. Finast