Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
I've heard that before, but I always associated it with getting bad news or hearing something bad has happened.
When I heard my mother say that when I was a child I used to think that the wind was going to bring something bad to us. Today I just associate it mainly with negative people who love being the bearer of bad news (I've known such people) or it could also refer, in a broader sense, to a social or political movement that will be destructive in the long run.
my father would end a lot of statements with " my hind leg " .. I`d say "dad" I need 5 bucks for some gas to go to school ? " he`d say " gas my hind leg " you can walk to school like I did ...
my father would end a lot of statements with " my hind leg " .. I`d say "dad" I need 5 bucks for some gas to go to school ? " he`d say " gas my hind leg " you can walk to school like I did ...
Some of the older people in my family would say "my eye" or "my foot" in those types of situations.
I've heard "my foot" before, too. I have a friend who, instead of saying "my a*s" in those situations (which I've heard many times), will say "my fat fanny".
My mother used to call a grumpy person a "stick in the mud". My grandchidren will call such a person a "fun sucker". A nerdy person would be called a "square" in decades past.
LOL. People don't change--just the terminology for describing them.
We used to call that kind of speech "Pig Latin". The first letter of a word is dropped and appended to last syllable with the letter "a".
I can't believe the knuckleheads on this forum never heard of it.
Mr. Ixnay, Mr. Onay, and Mr. Amscray are munitions manufacturers from The Three Stooges short, You Nazty Spy! After the King of Moronica was overthrown, they decide to implement a dictatorship and make a profit from war. They have chosen three paperhangers to do it: Hailstone (Moe), Gallstone (Curly), and Pebble (Larry). They made Hailstone the Dictator, Gallstone the Field Marshal, and Pebble the Minister of Propaganda.
I just heard a new one: a cube. As in, this person is a cube. This is not complimentary. It means the person is a 3-D square.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
