...to think that this expresson is dying out?

[WalkDontWalk]

On another thread someone used the expression 'taking the mick'. And I thought, 'I used to hear that all the time when I was a kid. But I rarely do now.'

So I started to think of others that my dad used but my kids don't.

'Having a kip' or 'I was akip'.

'Yikes' (My daughter says I'm the only non-cartoon that says 'yikes'.)

'Swinging the lead'

'Bunking off'. (Daughter: 'Never heard that. Sounds rude')

'Going Dutch' (Daughter. 'Nope. No idea. Is that rude too?')

'Haven't the foggiest.'

These were all in use in London fifty years ago. Maybe they were always regional.

Did she/he chookie - No, they didn't !

Or "That;ll be shining bright" (from "Taggart" , I think it;s rhyming slang )

He probably wanted to use a rude word. It might be a regional thing.

My 19 year old Co worker asked me if I was doing anything exciting after work. I replied I’m going to see a man about a dog. He replies oh are you getting a dog 😂😂

Is ‘dowdy’ used at all these days, or is ‘frumpy’ used nowadays?

Just remembered a couple of other classics from my Dad:

(Generally, a propos of nothing) "D'you want a slap across the belly with a wet fish/a poke in the eye with a sharp stick?"

(In response to me moaning about pain) "Ahh you'll be alright when the pain's gone"

(In response to me moaning about pain specifically on one side e.g. left leg, right arm etc) "D'you want me to break the other side, even out the pain for you?"

All of these said deadpan, and crucially, with absolutely no concession to the fact that I was about 6yrs old and very confused by them all.

😂😂😂

I love yikes! I will resurrect it

Dogging it. Meant skipping school without permission in the west of Scotland. The phrase obviously hasn't aged well

It was 'bunking off' where I grew up - Sarf London.

There's an Arctic Monkeys song in which Alex mentions 'she wagged English and Science', which I checked with a friend from Sheffield, and it means what I thought it meant.

I think you could make a map of the UK by plotting regional slang for skipping lessons.

Too-da-loo for goodbye

Love the fact that ‘ noggin’ has come back into fashion as it never went out in our house - I work in East Anglia and across the border into Essex and loads young people are saying ‘I just didn’t use me noggin/ use your noggin’ or ‘ I had it stuck in the old noggin’ etc

love it !

"All fur coat and no knickers" said of a woman with dubious morals.

She’s no better than she should be ‘
my nam’s favourite expression

Beggars belief now - it meant any bleached blonde/ sexually attractive woman
OR
any woman who had any type of aspirations outside of marriage or the home in her tiny village
eg going to nursing/secretarial college or learning to drive

The continental soldier line is from the song Do Your Ears Hang Low?

Were you a girl guide?

I still say the “home James and don’t spare the horses”. Generally when I’m a bit worse for it and DH is the designated driver. He tells me I’m the only one who says that so now I know he’s wrong!!