Old phrases you want to make a comeback.

Or "That's the ticket, Laddie" if you're quoting Scotty in Star Trek IV.

 

I'm particularly fond of the old-timey phrase, "Thank you." Don't hear that antiquated phrase much these days.

Oh, and get off my lawn.

 

23 skiddoo
Slip me some skin.

 

You don't hear Thank you" that much? I use it all the time. One I haven't heard much though is "Pardon Me."

Jason

 

Where as where I am, I hear it (or thanks, or cheers) and use it whenever it's applicable.

 

Rad!

 

I got a bone to pick with you.

That's a wrap.

I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy!

Back to the salt mines.

Move it or loose it.

Jason

 

Get thee to a nunnery.

Be gone, thou pale-faced loon!

Hast thou no shame!

 

...as the actress said to the bishop

Nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more...

 

These are all from like 15-20 years ago... that's old?
When I saw this thread I was more thinking along the lines of "fiddlesticks" or "pell-mell"... but those are probably considered flat-out archaic by now.

 

I agree. Jamoke isn't used enough. I sprinkle it in here and there but not often enough.

I also like to use "howdy" when greeting folks because (1) it's different and (2) I'm a little weird

 

Kerfuffle
Fopdoodle
Palooka

 

Is your wife....a goer? Does she go? Nudge nudge

 

I like me a good kerfuffle.

 

Who doesn't? Sprinkle with some shenanigans for maximum fun

 

Ain’t no substitute for a good kerfuffle.

That and a bit of ballyhoo!

 

Embiggin
Cromulent

 

Awesome, totally awesome!

 

In a meeting once about standardizing bar coding on paper documents, I paraphrased the line from Lord of the Rings, "one ring to rule them all" as "one bar code to scan them all". No one got it