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Dungarees, (jeans) Victrola (for record player) Frigidaire for refrigerator, gallivant, (for having a good time at night that might involve carousing) keeping company with (dating) necking (making out - kissing, not sex, Holy Roller church - a Pentecostal church, Grammar School (for elementary school) common (for low class or a women of questionable virtue) valise (suitcase).
Dungarees, (jeans) Victrola (for record player) Frigidaire for refrigerator, gallivant, (for having a good time at night that might involve carousing) keeping company with (dating) necking (making out - kissing, not sex, Holy Roller church - a Pentecostal church, Grammar School (for elementary school) common (for low class or a women of questionable virtue) valise (suitcase).
Record player is itself an old fashioned word, no? My grandmother called umbrellas, “parasols” and handbags “pocketbooks.” But my mother called her handbags, “purses,” and that is also old fashioned now.
I wish I could remember more of how my grandparents talked. I can remember their voices better than their vocabularies.
Now my mother—born in 1918 in OK—she had a fairly unique vocabulary. I think I’ve posted elsewhere about some of her terms.
Record player is itself an old fashioned word, no? My grandmother called umbrellas, “parasols” and handbags “pocketbooks.” But my mother called her handbags, “purses,” and that is also old fashioned now.
I wish I could remember more of how my grandparents talked. I can remember their voices better than their vocabularies.
Now my mother—born in 1918 in OK—she had a fairly unique vocabulary. I think I’ve posted elsewhere about some of her terms.
I still say pocketbook. I've given up trying to train myself to say purse. When I hear purse I think of a small change purse. So now it's handbags? That sounds so formal, like something we would take to the prom. I'll stick with pocketbook, lol.
Another old timey word was to go courting. I've only read that, never heard anyone say that.
My maternal grandpa, who lived with us until I was an adult, called me a "little hoosier" and a "scalawag" when I was a kid. I loved it. I knew what the words meant, but I didn't care. To him it was an endearment. Looking back, he probably said it when he was exasperated!
My father who is 99 likes to combine words or adulterate words, like "nosmo king." for no smoking or "ossifier" when telling a joke about being stopped by a traffic cop.
On summer trips we used to make up words out of license plates (California and Arizona) and keep score.
Not too long ago TV's were often called the "boob tube" or "idiot box."
My mom used to call the couch or sofa a "divan." Not too often though.
Recliners were called an "easy chair."
Pizza was sometimes called "pizza pie."
Pantyhose was called "stockings" or "hosiery."
What is now called Spanx was called a "girdle."
Oh! My paternal grandmother born in 1895 used to say "brass-e-ERR" for brassiere. Do some of y'all even know what a brassiere is? LOL
I still say pocketbook. I've given up trying to train myself to say purse. When I hear purse I think of a small change purse. So now it's handbags? That sounds so formal, like something we would take to the prom. I'll stick with pocketbook, lol.
how funny. Pocketbook sounds old fashioned to me; I picture a purse that's flat, stiff, and hard like a book. Handbag is just as dated, but I picture a large, fat, saggy purse. A purse is everything in between.
I still say pocketbook. I've given up trying to train myself to say purse. When I hear purse I think of a small change purse. So now it's handbags? That sounds so formal, like something we would take to the prom. I'll stick with pocketbook, lol.
Another old timey word was to go courting. I've only read that, never heard anyone say that.
I think the modern word for those things women carry everywhere is bag. I recently posted about my “crossbody bag” as a matter of fact.
I still say pocketbook. I've given up trying to train myself to say purse. When I hear purse I think of a small change purse. So now it's handbags? That sounds so formal, like something we would take to the prom. I'll stick with pocketbook, lol.
Another old timey word was to go courting. I've only read that, never heard anyone say that.
I think of pocketbook as New England lingo. I grew up in the Midwest and no one, young or old, used that word for purse. I've only heard it since I moved to MA.
oil cloth. thats linoleum which is now called vinyl sheet flooring.
Linoleum is not the same product as sheet vinyl. They are both used as flooring, but they aren’t the same product. I believe you can still buy linoleum.
As another poster pointed out, oil cloth is not the same as either. Oil cloth used to be used as tablecloths. You could buy it by the yard at the “dime store.”
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