Miss Maggie says:
"What are the words you love, or the phrases you wish would come back in fashion?"
Oh, there are many. I tend to use the occasional colorful phrase myself, due mostly to a childhood spent around people who use colorful phrases. So here are some that I use that I think everyone should:
- Built like a brick shithouse.
- Gone pear-shaped.
- Crik (for creek)
- Rig (for car or truck)
- Batshit crazy.
- Like a red-headed stepchild.
- Busy as a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest.
Others, that I don't use myself, at least not yet, but wish would come into fashion or back into fashion, are:
- On the job (for having sex)
- Fisticuffs
- Fortnight
What about you?
Comments (3)
I use red headed stepchild frequently. it's the best! I also use fisticuffs. And sody! I love sody and say it all the time!
Posted by jenny | December 6, 2007 1:40 PM
We speakers of British English use "fortnight" all the time. I had to train myself not to use it in the US, because it's not universally known here.
Posted by sofiya | December 6, 2007 10:51 PM
I still say "scared the tar out of [someone]". Also, "Heavier than a dead Okie" was one of my grandpa's favorites, 'cause that's where my grandma's family was from (and she was twice his size), tho it's harder to use without offending.
Posted by Sandy | December 6, 2007 10:56 PM