Thursday, December 8, 2022

I Know

 This is what the words from my previous post mean.

rubberneck - listen to someone else's phone call on a party line

phosphate (not the element phosphorus or a weapon) - a soft drink made at the soda fountain

makin' bacon - a euphemism for having sex

pettifogger - a cheating lawyer

hoosegow - jail

gardyloo - a call of warning before emptying the chamber pot out of the window

bedight - to decorate

besmirch - to make dirty

moxie - courage

petrichor - the earthy smell after a rain

zozzled - drunk

row-de-dow - a brawl or fight at a party

Do you have some favorites? I am listening.

11 comments:

  1. So fun! Most of them I didn't know.

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  2. Devil's strip - the tree lawn, in Akron, OH.

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  3. I don't know a row-de-dow from a howdy-do (just kidding). But to me rubberneck means a traffic backup from people looking at an accident.

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  4. I have read words and phrases of Urdu that are u familiar to new generation sadly.

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    1. Your statement left me a bit confused but I would love to now some Urdu

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  5. Thank you, Emma - I learned a lot my university did not teach me! :-)

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    1. Words are so much fun. I suppose that is why slang words are so popular.

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