Fender Skirts
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Nope, I grew up with the word "whomperjawed".
The Dialect Dictionary - Word whomperjawed - Language your way
The Dialect Dictionary - Word whomperjawed - Language your way
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Well, I don't know what kind of little old lady at heart this makes me, but I know 3/4 of these and still use about 1/2 of them. 
Emergency brakes; foot feed; running board; store-bought; Coast to coast; in the family way; supper; dead end; clothesline; answering machine; cattywhompus; shenanigans; Oh for crying in a sink! (not bucket...) washing machine wringers; Ice chests.
Emergency brakes; foot feed; running board; store-bought; Coast to coast; in the family way; supper; dead end; clothesline; answering machine; cattywhompus; shenanigans; Oh for crying in a sink! (not bucket...) washing machine wringers; Ice chests.
I watched American Graffiti last night... Everyone was so young... Lots of good "old" sayings.
One of the really pretty girls called a guys car "tough". I thought that was a pretty cool descriptive.
That same girl would call my current car "soft" or maybe even worse "practical"...
Everything changes when you have kids and grand-kids...
Also, everyone says supper up here for dinner time. And dinner for lunch time. I think its mostly an old farmers thing.
One of the really pretty girls called a guys car "tough". I thought that was a pretty cool descriptive.
That same girl would call my current car "soft" or maybe even worse "practical"...
Everything changes when you have kids and grand-kids...
Also, everyone says supper up here for dinner time. And dinner for lunch time. I think its mostly an old farmers thing.
What an interesting and humorous thread. I was just thinking about the saying of being in the family way earlier today, this morning. I have no idea why. I still use some of those terms, such as emergency brake, and definitely know what many others of them mean. Also, the difference between dinner and supper is the size of the meal. If it is the biggest meal of the day, it is dinner, even if at noon. Reading older English novels, this used to throw me off, even though I was brought up this way. Supper is never a noon meal, though. It would only be an evening meal that was smaller than the dinner had as the noon meal. The difference in our house was when my dad was home, because he alternated working two weeks of days and then two weeks of nights for many years. So if he was home for the noon meal, it was dinner, and the evening meal would then be supper. However, if he was home for the evening meal, then that was called dinner, and the noon meal was simply lunch Thanks, Willie!
Thanks, Willie!
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