What Are Some Words / Phrases That Have Died Out?

[Aunt Marg]

I still use the expression, okey dokey ducky.

Dear husband works with a guy in his office that always says, "okey dokey smoky, and it drives everyone in the office bonkers. LOL!

 

[Pinky]

Land O Goshen, or something like that ..

 

[Aunt Marg]

Has "Land o' Goshen" been mentioned?

Never heard it before.

What does it mean?

 

[gennie]

"Well, I swan." It means 'what a surprise' or 'amazing.'

"Boy Howdy" which is an exclamation or expression of amazement.

 

[Pinky]

Never heard it before.

What does it mean?

Land o' Goshen!
old-fashioned A mild exclamation of surprise, alarm, dismay, annoyance, or exasperation. In the Bible, Goshen was the region in Egypt inhabited by the Israelites until the Exodus. Primarily heard in US. Land o' Goshen, look at the time! How is it nearly midnight already? Land o' Goshen, Bill, would it kill you to take out the trash once in a while? Land o' Goshen, that cyclist nearly hit me!

 

[Aunt Marg]

Land o' Goshen!
old-fashioned A mild exclamation of surprise, alarm, dismay, annoyance, or exasperation. In the Bible, Goshen was the region in Egypt inhabited by the Israelites until the Exodus. Primarily heard in US. Land o' Goshen, look at the time! How is it nearly midnight already? Land o' Goshen, Bill, would it kill you to take out the trash once in a while? Land o' Goshen, that cyclist nearly hit me!

Thanks, Pinky!

I love it!

 

[GeorgiaXplant]

How about "My stars and garters!" My mother and grandmother used to say that, and TBH, so do I.

I never heard "I swan!" until I lived out West. It's used a lot in the South, but mostly by old people like me