What Are Some Words / Phrases That Have Died Out?

Lotta phrases:
Chicken with his head cut off.
Kill two birds with one stone
tit in the wringer
worked into a lather
nervous as a whore in church
screwier than a sky pilot
rode hard and put up wet
drunker than a skunk
hotter than a three dollar pistol
half a bubble off level
tougher than an old boot
scattergun brain
Baptist dounpour
tough ole blister
flat busted
colder than a whore's heart
South end of a Northbound horse
high in the pockets
ear's lowered
I got it. Not so bad I can't dance, but I got it!
 
I wish people would stop inserting the word "like' in front of e very third word in a sentence.
"So I, like, told her to come over today and she, like, said that she had ,like, a lot to do today but maybe she could, like, come by tomorrow. " 😖
 
These were a bit before my time, but I've always loved and been fascinated by them:
"Solid, Jackson!"
"What's buzzin, Cousin?"
"It's the bee's knees!"
"See you later, alligator"
"After a while, crocodile"
"You're the cat's pajamas!"
 
My old Grannie used to say..........

Anyone that used to irritate her, she would say, "He/She is all me ar*e and half me elbow."

And when she was doing the washing in her backyard she could regularly be heard singing, "Did you ever trap y'balls in the mangle, and some silly bugger turned the 'andle?"

Then she would end up in a heap laughing. 😊
 
SifuPhil said:
Okay, so "died out" may not have been the best choice of words.

What are some words or phrases that you used to use back in the day that are now extinct? Of course a word never entirely disappears unless we stop using it, but what I'm looking for here is the kind of word that a younger person will roll their eyes upon hearing, IF they recognize it at all.

"Cool" is one that I've used seemingly forever but receives those looks when I use it. Had I as a child used today's equivalent, "bitchin'", I would have had my face roundly slapped.

So, what are YOUR words?
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Long running thread I see, but still relevant. I have to check myself when using archaic idioms and terms, as younger folks are not going to get it.

Case in point: a year ago March my son treated me to a hot air balloon ride, out of a little airport in Temecula,Ca. There were mostly skydivers in the basket, only one other passenger besides my son and I. When we reached 8400+ ft. the skydivers jumped out, leaving us 3 passengers. I remarked to the one passenger (a man perhaps in his early 40s) that this whole balloon ride was "a real kick in the pants". He was puzzled, and asked what I meant. I clarified that I meant that the ride was pleasant and exciting. Since then, with that awareness of how dated my word usage is, I give a second thought to what I'm going to say, when talking with people from later generations.
 
LindaB said:
I wish people would stop inserting the word "like' in front of e very third word in a sentence.
"So I, like, told her to come over today and she, like, said that she had ,like, a lot to do today but maybe she could, like, come by tomorrow. " 😖
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I'm with you @LindaB what is this insistence with misusing the word 'like' at every opportunity
I wish that the misuse of 'like' would die a natural death
 
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