...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.

It definitely means whore - my family pronounced it hoo-er

Oh yes, I've heard that one plenty, but the OP says some people say "akip" to mean asleep - I've heard kip but never akip.

Wow, I've heard that in Victorian novels but didn't know it survived today.

One from my grandma - “she’s all fur coat and no knickers”. Someone trying to make out they’re posh and monied when they are just ordinary.

I'm 32 and heard of them all except swinging the lead

Ahm none^ ser green as ahm cabbage lookin'
^pronounced the same as known

When someone is trying to do you over, diddle you*, or talking tripe^^

*another one you don't hear
^^ and another

I like that. I've only heard it as "It’s six o’clock and not a dish in the house washed!’'

It's funny to think of children being piled up like unwashed dishes.

Up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire - haven’t heard that for a while

Who does he think he is David Bailey?

I’ve heard or use nearly all of the others, early 40s Home Counties.

Yorkshire granny said that! So both red and white garters.

I grew up in South Africa. We definitely kipped and bunked off (or just bunked).

A bunk up meant a fuck in London.

I’ve never heard akip - only kipping.

We still use that, along with “More front than Blackpool”

No way, south Londoner here. Bunking off means skipping lessons.

There’s always been a big difference between bunking off and bunk
up 😂
Like pissed and pissed off. America has a lot to answer for.

Regarding 'swinging the lead' - the term 'PB' often appeared in patients' notes in the 60's/70s which was short for the Latin 'Plumbus something' (not sure what!). I know because my father was a GP and sometimes mentioned it.

Donald where's yer troosers (Andy Stewart song )

Over the water.
Bunk up, not off.

Definitely used all those growing up in south London in the 90s.
My 100% South London granny used to say "Ark at that" as in "listen".
She also used to say "Tada" for goodbye. I have never heard these since!

Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water - I say this when someone needs work but not starting afresh. As in, there’s some good material in the essay, refine it, don’t delete it and start again.

A bunk up to me meant giving someone a leg up over a wall or fence that they were too small to climb over themselves, and probably shouldn't have been trying to get over in the first place!

On very specific language usage, I live in Ireland now and something i have learned here which I love is the use of "yoke". It seems to mean literally anything.
Pass me that yoke won't you?
He's got a brand new yoke.
The place is full of broken yokes.
They've invented a new type of yoke.
I borrowed her yoke to mend the wall.
He came over with a yoke.
....and so on

My mum used to get herself in a “2 and 8”, rhyming slang for state.

My dad used to “see a man about a dog” ,

My nan used to say “I couldn’t fancy him if his arse was covered in diamonds”,

We said bunked more than bunked off, for skipping lessons.

I wouldn't ask for a bunk up in London from a fellow Londoner !