words your grandparents used (meaning, examples, song, quote)
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"gussied up" - LOL. Haven't heard that one for decades. I think they are still called "perms" instead of the older term "permanent wave" or "cold wave" (as opposed to those old machines that clamped onto the rollers and heat set the curls/waves into your hair.
God bless your 93 year old MIL who can still make it to the "beauty parlor".
She's amazing, last of 9 children, all lived to mid 90's. When she was 86 she was staying with us and had chest pains while my wife and I were both working. I got home and rushed her to the hospital. My wife is a nurse and when she got there she went over her chart. My MIL put down the following to describe what happened: I started to feel a pain in my chest WHILE CLEANING MY DAUGHTER'S HOUSE!
My grandfather used to say 'pert near', though it was more like 'prrt nrr' in his usage. I had no idea where it came from, but I don't think I ever really thought about it - I just knew exactly what it meant from his regular usage of it and the context, even though no one every explained that it came from 'pretty near'.
My dad used to say "''purt near, but not plumb".
Which came (originally) from carpentry tools and lingo.
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Your aunt's family probably had a real icebox when she was a child. Mine did and I was a Depression Era child. I well remember when we got our first electric refrigerator--plus an electric iron. And an electric powered washing machine. My mom continued calling her new Frigidaire an "icebox" for years.
For some reason I never understood, the elementary school I attended was called "grade school."
And I was familiar with the term "junior high," too- never knew anyone who called it "middle school."
I went to a middle school. Heres the difference: A junior high has grades 7-9. A middle school has grades 6-8. The school i went to had been a junior high the year before (7-9) but the next year changed to a middle school (6-8) and the local high school became a 9-12.
I went to a middle school. Heres the difference: A junior high has grades 7-9. A middle school has grades 6-8. The school i went to had been a junior high the year before (7-9) but the next year changed to a middle school (6-8) and the local high school became a 9-12.
Actually, the way our school districts divvied it up was K-6 was elementary school, 7-8 was junior high, and 9-12 was senior high.
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