Words Not Heard Much Anymore

[flaboy]

"Whistle Britches"

Someone wearing corduroy pants......

And all this time I thought that meant a female tight jeans. :lol:

 

[hurleyjd]

"Red neck" today doesn't resemble the first intent when it was first used to be derogatory.

What is the history of Redneck. Where and when did it start.

 

[hurleyjd]

How about the word....."Haint"? Used for "Ghost".

I guess derived from "Haunt".

Example:

"She was so ugly, she could sit on a tombstone and hatch a "Haint". :shock:

How about she is so ugly she would run a haint up a thorn tree.

 

[Lammie]

When my mom used to help us get ready for a bath when we were little, she would pull off our shirts and say, "Skin a possum!" or "Skin a rabbit." I think anyone working with kids would get sued today for saying something like that.

Oh, and let us not forget "The devil's beating his wife" for when it is raining while the sun is shining.

 

[john250]

Oh, and let us not forget "The devil's beating his wife" for when it is raining while the sun is shining.

I didn't know the devil was married! I should have guessed he was, since the Lord tossed him into a life of eternal torment. :lol:

 

[Lammie]

Oh, and let us not forget "The devil's beating his wife" for when it is raining while the sun is shining.

I didn't know the devil was married! I should have guessed he was, since the Lord tossed him into a life of eternal torment. :lol:

My mom used to say that all the time and I just thought it was something she made up until I read it on one of those language tests. My husband made fun of me for saying it. I don't know what it means. Maybe I'll wiki it.

 

[Wewild]

"Red neck" today doesn't resemble the first intent when it was first used to be derogatory.

What is the history of Redneck. Where and when did it start.

I thought the first time it was used was to describe farmers. It seems it even goes back further.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redneck

 

[dun]

Hippee, hip huggers, peddle pushers, dungaree, queer

 

[mermill2]

Screen door, bobby socks, oxfords (shoes), telegraph, and poodle skirts. Merry

 

[Wisteria Farms]

Just one more that makes me smile...

Theres a country song out (don't know who sings it) but he says "up in the morn'n stirrin around"...

I always have to laugh because I've heard my grandma say "stirrin around" so......many times. She's born/raised in So. Missouri.

Grannys also good for calling people "gomer" and "Shyster"

Craig Morgan "A Little Bit of Life"

THATS IT!!!! I could sing it in my head and knew it was a little bit of "somethin".... haha. Still doesn't beat the turnip truck song (Good Directions) though.... just love that one. Thanks

 

[Wisteria Farms]

"Red neck" today doesn't resemble the first intent when it was first used to be derogatory.

What is the history of Redneck. Where and when did it start.

I always thought it referred to the red neck of a farmer... as in a farmer's tan.

 

[hurleyjd]

"Red neck" today doesn't resemble the first intent when it was first used to be derogatory.

What is the history of Redneck. Where and when did it start.

I always thought it referred to the red neck of a farmer... as in a farmer's tan.

Here is the version that I heard. The rural white laborers would come to town on Saturday and get a haircut, and the white skin where the hair was would sunburn and turn red. This was on the neck. The blacks was supposed to have started calling the whites red necks. This may be so and maybe not I just heard it.

 

[chrisy]

"Red neck" today doesn't resemble the first intent when it was first used to be derogatory.

What is the history of Redneck. Where and when did it start.

I always thought it referred to the red neck of a farmer... as in a farmer's tan.

Here is the version that I heard. The rural white laborers would come to town on Saturday and get a haircut, and the white skin where the hair was would sunburn and turn red. This was on the neck. The blacks was supposed to have started calling the whites red necks. This may be so and maybe not I just heard it.

That is how it was explained to me. By an oldtimer when I was over the other year.

 

[mermill2]

Hot rod, skedaddle, and bumpershoot.

 

[chrisy]

Don't do that again or I'll pull down ya keks, and tan ya hide.

my Dear old Grandaddy used to say that if we had been naughty....Keks here is slang for trousers.

 

[mermill2]

Percolater

 

[mermill2]

You're just as crazy as a loon. Merry

 

[Tegerian]

"Red neck" today doesn't resemble the first intent when it was first used to be derogatory.

What is the history of Redneck. Where and when did it start.

I always thought it referred to the red neck of a farmer... as in a farmer's tan.

Here is the version that I heard. The rural white laborers would come to town on Saturday and get a haircut, and the white skin where the hair was would sunburn and turn red. This was on the neck. The blacks was supposed to have started calling the whites red necks. This may be so and maybe not I just heard it.

That is how it was explained to me. By an oldtimer when I was over the other year.

I always heard the same about the redness but it was the townfolk who used it to describe country folks. I'm sure there are lots of other explanations out there for it though.

 

[Wewild]

That's the way I heard it as well.

 

[Running Arrow Bill]

• Flour Sack
  Wash House
  Blackleaf 40
  Musterole
  Mustard Plaster
  "Sakes Alive"
  Stud (human)
  Wood Stove
  Flat Iron
  Griddle Cakes
  Hardwood Floor
  Washboard
  Copper Kettle
  Wash Pot
  Sink
  "I'll Be All Over You Like White on Rice" (Drill Sargeant Quote)
  Whitewall Tires
  Carburetor
  "Change my Points & Plugs...Also Rotor, if Needed"
  Kerosene
  Coal Oil
  Fender Skirts
  Smitties (Loud Mufflers)
  "Double-Clutching"
  "Second Gear Rubber"
  Sunday Morning Meeting
  Mud Room
  Box Camera
  Press Camera
  Flash Bulbs
  Tennis Shoes (1940's)
  Clothes Line
  Punch Cards (early IBM data processing)
  Coffee Pot
  Gee Whiz!
  Dad Gum!
  "Just Wait Till Your Father Gets Home!"
  Picture Shows
  Bloomers
  "Got A Fag?" (As in "Do you have a cigarette?")
  Cancer Sticks, Coffin Nails
  "Smoke 'em if you got 'em!"
  Cigarette Machine
  Cigarette Urns (in public buildings, offices, hospitals, etc.)
  Stick Shift
  
  Etc., Etc....