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Words our parents said....

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My dad was notorious for switching letters around, such as Baccaruda. It used to drive me nuts when he was mad at us, he would call us a “rummy”. He had a special name for my little brother, he called him “buv lug”, so of course we still call him that too!
 
What words did YOUR parents use that sound weird today? What did those words mean?

Here's some mine used..

Warsh = wash
Scads = many
Scillions = a great many
Skidaddle = get the hell out
malk = milk
youns = all of you
cattywhompus = crooked
Kapish!
 
My dad would say "and whatnot". Thought this phrase faded away as I hadn't heard it for eons, then noticed my youngest daughter saying it about a year or so ago..
 
My dad would say "and whatnot". Thought this phrase faded away as I hadn't heard it for eons, then noticed my youngest daughter saying it about a year or so ago..
They are us & We Are Them................
 
Is "I'm going to wash your mouth out with soap" on this list somewhere?

My mom said that, and then would "modify" the threat. If I swore I got my mouth washed out with liquid detergent. She'd just squirt it on in (more than once).
 
Maternal Grandma, Nana, my mothers mom
"go get me a switch off that there tree"
you were in trouble
 
Great Uncle Tink (dad's uncle) a hard old man,
WWII Marine Officer & then reenlisted Korea, Army Green Beret Col.
had a cool family farm/ranch out on Bethel Island Eastern delta Bay Area
right off the water, 3rd gen.
he would say;
"that rain is louder, than a cow pissen' on a flat rock"
or when it was windy;
"here comes a norther"
I assumed a cold wind from the north...

"what you doing, drowning some bait"
when we didn't catch as many fish off his boat or dock
as he thought we should

he was a fun old guy, full of life
always had great dogs, always retrievers/labs, we did a lot of bird hunting
smart dogs, always 2 & very well trained...

when us kids did something stupid, silly or wrong,
looking right at the guilty prospect/party, he'd say;
"that dog won't hunt"
(I use it a lot when I golfed or taught)
meaning you did it all wrong

the old;
"you can lead a horse to water, but are they smart enough to drink ?"

he owned a trucking co. & his family farm
after being in military most his years
he had 2 speeds when driving,
he was a no-nonsense guy, he was either hauling *** or stopped
seemed like never nothing in-between
people ahead of him, slowing him down;
"either **** or get off the pot"
or when he'd miss a gear or air acting up in the splitter
he'd say;
"grind me a pound while you're at it"

"honk, my ***"

my aunt dads sister has a photo of me as a toddler,
still in diapers
sitting in an oil drain pan
pouring engine oil all over myself, what a mess
I was laughing it looked like too (I don't remember doing it)
my uncle trying to pick me up out of it & not get oil everywhere
his shop was spotless always
I need to get a copy of it someday

I was destined to be a gearhead
(funny my birth father, knows almost nothing about cars, but my stepfather
did, he was a diehard Pontiac Stock Eliminator, S/S drag racer too 63-73-ish)

Tink & Ann they loved Mopars
he had an old 300 Chrysler 58 (?) Hemi,
I loved that old car as a kid he'd sit me on his lap & let me steer
my mom would get all nervous, but he always had control...
He'd let me drive his old Ford tractors & his Cat...
He purposely says it (MoPar) like "Mow Par",
like it was 2 words...
My 2 older uncles, 2 of his sons, both Jim & Pete, (both military too)
(my other uncle John) all 10-12-15 or so years older than me
were both Plymouth guys, Pete's the 340 Duster was
'the Flustered or Buster'
the Barracuda Jims 1968 383 4 speed Formula S was
"the Baca'ruda"
Uncle Tink called it "the gear jammer"
they were a huge influence on me becoming a MoPar fan
my Aunt Ann had a 360 Duster 3 speed, bright red white interior IIRC
it was "the red rocket"
John was a Power Wagon guy...
 
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Those are more responses then
Carter has liver pills

Or what ever you want to put in front of Carters liver pills
 
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