words your grandparents used (money, quote, dictionary)

[Gerania]

[quote=pvande55;46575090]

Originally Posted by Gerania

That's why people owned steamer trunks and had trunk rooms.[/QUOTE
Another type of luggage was the "Pullman."

Used in the Pullman car and carried by a Pullman porter.

[bg7]

Originally Posted by pvande55

Come a cropper. Instead of fall down.

I still use this phrase nowadays. It was common where I was growing up in the 70s

[Fox Terrier]

'dogs' instead of 'feet' (as in 'I've got to rest my dogs')

'dog-tired' (I don't hear anyone using that anymore)

And just for the heck of it...doggonit!

[TroutDude]

When one can't remember the exact name of something, asking for the "thingamajig" or "dohickey."

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by TroutDude

When one can't remember the exact name of something, asking for the "thingamajig" or "dohickey."

Or the whatchamacallit.

[gentlearts]

My grandparents lived in a typical New England 3 family, with an open porch on the back. A clothesline ran from the porch. Anyway, my grandmother called this porch, "the piazza." Such a grand and exotic name for a back porch with a clothesline running off of it.

[vkhmini]

Originally Posted by Deelighted

When my grandmother was mad or upset, she said, "Oh poppycock!"

"Fiddlesticks!"

[10-23]

"Drek" (I grew up in NYC).

[Retriever]

Originally Posted by 10-23

"Drek" (I grew up in NYC).

That word is actually "dreck".

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dreck

[Nov3]

I recall around the age of 13 being home alone. I called my grandma since she was sitting with an ill friend. I needed to go buy milk. She said "Ohh its in the 'kitty'. I was like okay why did the cat we have swollow the money? I was like,there is no way I am chasing that cat around the house in hopes it expels the money!

She got home later that night...tired and haggard. SHe went to get milk for her tea. She asked why I didn't buy the milk. I told her my side of the tale. She laughed so hard! She said, Ohhh I should have told you in the cupboard is a "can" where I keep emergency money. I call it the Kitty. Who knew! (obviously not me )