[Vinylted]

Old Expressions​

Lost Words From Our Childhood​

Mergatroyd! Do you remember that word? Would you believe the spell-checker did not recognize the word Mergatroyd? Heavens to Mergatroyd!



The other day a lady said something to her son about driving a Jalopy; and he looked at her quizzically and said, "What the heck is a Jalopy?" He had never heard of the word jalopy! She knew she was old ... But not that old.



Well, I hope you are Hunky Dory after you read this and chuckle.



About a month ago, I illuminated some old expressions that have become obsolete because of the inexorable march of technology. These phrases included: Don't touch that dial, Carbon copy, You sound like a broken record, and Hung out to dry.



Back in the olden days we put on our best bib and tucker.



Heavens to Betsy! Gee whillikers! Jumping Jehoshaphat! Holy Moley!



We were in like Flynn and living the life of Riley; and even a regular guy couldn't accuse us of being a knucklehead, a nincompoop or a pill. Not for all the tea in China!





We wake up from a short nap, and before we can say, "Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle!" Or, "This is a fine kettle of fish!"



Poof, go the words of our youth, the words we've left behind. Where have all those great phrases gone?



Long gone: Pshaw, The milkman did it. Don't forget to pull the chain. Knee high to a grasshopper. Well, Fiddlesticks! I'll see you in the funny farm. Wake up and smell the roses.



Leaves us to wonder where Superman will find a phone booth...

See ya later, alligator! Okidoki.



You'll notice they left out "Monkey Business"!!!



WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE FABULOUS 40’s and 50'S ... NO ONE WILL EVER HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AGAIN .. WE WERE GIVEN ONE OF OUR MOST PRECIOUS GIFTS: LIVING IN THE PEACEFUL AND COMFORTABLE TIMES, CREATED FOR US BY THE "GREATEST GENERATION!"

 

[Marie Ann]

As my dad would say. I am mowing the lawn, somebody had better clean up the Barkers eggs.before i get out there

 

[Jonathan Leane]

Love these! Perhaps I'm showing my age, but what does 'somebody had better clean up the Barkers eggs before i get out there' mean?

 

[Vinylted]

Love these! Perhaps I'm showing my age, but what does 'somebody had better clean up the Barkers eggs before i get out there' mean?

Well Jonathon. if you have a dog, and her deposits brown objects on your lawn, that turn white within a few days.... then you has "barkers eggs"

 

[Dougal]

Lost Words From Our Childhood​

Mergatroyd! Do you remember that word? Would you believe the spell-checker did not recognize the word Mergatroyd? Heavens to Mergatroyd!



The other day a lady said something to her son about driving a Jalopy; and he looked at her quizzically and said, "What the heck is a Jalopy?" He had never heard of the word jalopy! She knew she was old ... But not that old.



Well, I hope you are Hunky Dory after you read this and chuckle.



About a month ago, I illuminated some old expressions that have become obsolete because of the inexorable march of technology. These phrases included: Don't touch that dial, Carbon copy, You sound like a broken record, and Hung out to dry.



Back in the olden days we put on our best bib and tucker.



Heavens to Betsy! Gee whillikers! Jumping Jehoshaphat! Holy Moley!



We were in like Flynn and living the life of Riley; and even a regular guy couldn't accuse us of being a knucklehead, a nincompoop or a pill. Not for all the tea in China!





We wake up from a short nap, and before we can say, "Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle!" Or, "This is a fine kettle of fish!"



Poof, go the words of our youth, the words we've left behind. Where have all those great phrases gone?



Long gone: Pshaw, The milkman did it. Don't forget to pull the chain. Knee high to a grasshopper. Well, Fiddlesticks! I'll see you in the funny farm. Wake up and smell the roses.



Leaves us to wonder where Superman will find a phone booth...

See ya later, alligator! Okidoki.



You'll notice they left out "Monkey Business"!!!



WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE FABULOUS 40’s and 50'S ... NO ONE WILL EVER HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AGAIN .. WE WERE GIVEN ONE OF OUR MOST PRECIOUS GIFTS: LIVING IN THE PEACEFUL AND COMFORTABLE TIMES, CREATED FOR US BY THE "GREATEST GENERATION!"

It's Murgatroyd not Mergatroyd

 

[Sherill L.]

Got to love Dr Google .... and www.phrases.org.uk for explaining where the phrase "Heavens to Murgatroyd" came from:

"Heavens to Murgatroyd!" is the characteristic catchphrase of Snagglepuss, used to express disbelief or utter bewilderment.

Its origins go back to Snagglepuss' vocal inspiration Bert Lahr, who used the expression in his 1944 movie Meet The People for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; however, it's been noted that "Murgatroyd" was used in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operetta Ruddigore (1887), which has no less than ten baronets named "Murgatroyd" in the story line.

Ultimately, the name goes back to 1371, when one Johanus de Morgateroyde was appointed constable for the district around Warley in Yorkshire, England; the name translates from Old English as "John of Moor Gate Royde," as in "the district leading to the moor."

Keep them rolling in and have a great day everyone!

 

[Jonathan Leane]

Haha thank you for the explanation @Vinylted

As an aside, you might find this interesting (in a slightly disgusting way): https://www.drool.pet/blogs/articles/mystery-solved-why-you-don-t-see-white-dog-poo-anymore

 

[cardie]

"For crying out loud" ..."For heavens sake" two oldies I recall!

 

[Wandiwa]

Haha thank you for the explanation @Vinylted

As an aside, you might find this interesting (in a slightly disgusting way): https://www.drool.pet/blogs/articles/mystery-solved-why-you-don-t-see-white-dog-poo-anymore

Went off & read that article, learnt something & now I'm smarter.

 

[Suzanne rose]

Love these! Perhaps I'm showing my age, but what does 'somebody had better clean up the Barkers eggs before i get out there' mean?

I've never heard it either

 

[Suzanne rose]

As kids my uncle used to call us ankle Biters

He used to always say when he was leaving See You Later Alligator, we would reply In A while Crocodile

 

[Suzanne rose]

 

[Wandiwa]

I've never heard it either

What about Cackleberries for chook eggs?

 

[Suzanne rose]

What about Cackleberries for chook eggs?

I haven't heard of that either and I'm 5th generation Aussie from an Irish and English background