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    Hey, I was wondering if you guys could jot down phrases used in your neck of the woods back when you were growing up, phrases that might not be commonplace. Yes, I'm looking for ideas.

    Here are two phrases we used in high school that you might not know about:

    Like A Mo
    Right on, Catch-A-Thon

    Yo, that's how we spelled it, don't ask me what they all mean. I like the first is like-a-muther, well, seriously, that's what I think it means. The second, don't know the second half. You tell me.

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    My mom used to use the phrase:

    to hell in a hand basket

    or she'd say: blah, blah, bah. Period. End of report.

    Julie Gray



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    • #3
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      When I was growing up in Ohio, everyone was all about "getting their ashes hauled."

      Meant to get laid. No idea at all what the etymology on that one is.
      "Forget it, Jake. It's Hollywood."

      My YouTube channel.

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        My brother & his friends used to say:

        What's the haps?

        -- as in, what's happening? Circa late 70s.

        I don't remember ever hearing it in a movie or anyone else using it.

        "Trust your stuff." -- Dave Righetti, Pitching Coach

        ( Formerly "stvnlra" )

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        • #5
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          "like a mo" means "like a homosexual". Mo is short for homosexual, in a derroatory way. As in "dude, you're such a mo."

          We used to say things like...
          "that's the ish" (ish = sh*t)
          That's tight, that's dope, etc...

          I really can't think of more. I'm sure some are written in my yearbooks. It was just so long ago...
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          • #6
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            Johnny, funny on that - like a mo, because we didn't say it like that, not really. I wonder if the South had a different take on it?

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              Traffic = "Looks like someone opened a can of cars"
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              • #8
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                Originally posted by Charli View Post
                Johnny, funny on that - like a mo, because we didn't say it like that, not really. I wonder if the South had a different take on it?
                Perhaps, though I know the likes of Kevin Smith used it in that context as well (see Clerks cartoon). All slang is regional, though. For example, "**** you" in the 80s punk scene meant "I love you". "**** you" in the 80s mafia scene meant "I'm gonna kill you".
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                • #9
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                  We used "Like a mo-fo" to mean like a mutha******.

                  Funny, Charli. I never used "Right on, Catch-A-Thon" in English like that. The only times I (we) ever used it was when I was talking to my Latino friends and said, "Right on, cacheton." We pronounced cacheton in Spanish.

                  I guess we were saying what you wrote but never realized it. At least I didn't, and if those other fools knew about it, why didn't they say it right?

                  I, until I read your post, always thought I was saying "cheeky." Cacheton means cheeky in Spanish (for Mexicans).

                  Gimme some skin = slap me five (low-five)

                  bet it = like bet dat, also means yeah, yup.

                  bad = is just my favorite slang word of all time.

                  you a chump = you a punk in a bad way. I called a young Caucasian friend of mine who I love a chump a few years ago and he asked me what that was. I told him, but I told him I meant it with love. He got a kick out of it and now rides with a sticker on his truck window that says "chump." The name stuck, I call him chump.

                  Wanna dance or wanna cha cha? = wanna fight?

                  Let's get ghost = let's go.
                  I'm ghost = I'm gone.

                  I'm a whoop your a$$ on GP. If anybody can tell me what GP stands for, I'm scared a you.

                  Have a good week everybody = Have a good week everybody.

                  Corona
                  I love you, Reyna . . .

                  Brown-Balled by the Hollywood Clika

                  Latino Heart Project's MEXICAN HEART...ATTACK!
                  I ain't no punk b1tch...

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                    "See you later, alligator."
                    "After while crocadile."

                    "What's up home skillet?"

                    "Those are some 'choice' wheels, man..."

                    "Hey, let's go to Shoney's for all-you-can-eat soup and salad."

                    "NOT IT!!!
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                    • #11
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                      My mother could barely speak English but
                      she never went a day without telling me,

                      "Hold your britches"

                      I remember in elementary school it was common
                      to say "You're smart" but it really meant in a kidding
                      way, "You're pregnant" and it was said to boys and
                      girls! How the fVck did that start?
                      myhomeconvalesceblog

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                      • #12
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                        Oh, geebus... I remember that. But when I was on the schoolyard it was a gag where you asked someone, "Are you smart?"

                        They'd affirm and you'd comeback with: "Hah! Then why didn't you know that 'smart' is German for 'pregnant'?"

                        Which it's not. So at least there's that...
                        "Forget it, Jake. It's Hollywood."

                        My YouTube channel.

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                        • #13
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                          La Femm - I'm so going to use that in a script!

                          Jcor - honestly, my sister had 'like a mo' written down the leg of her jeans and I am sure it had nothing to do with homosexuality. I do think we just went with the flow back then.

                          J off course - my dad didn't speak much English and he use to tell me - take a bath, uh... never quite understand that dry humor of his.

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                          • #14
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                            Hey, I used "Mo" for years thinking it was short for "moron" before I found out what it was most commonly used for.

                            Of course, as I said, it's all regional. I'm sure it's been used to mean all kinds of things. I don't doubt you guys used it with a completely different meaning. I was just letting you know what most people will interpret it as if you were to put it in your dialog.

                            Also, here's a good reference I just found:

                            http://www.inthe90s.com/generated/terms.shtml
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                              or

                              www.slangsite.com
                              Since I sensed a sudden lack of appreciation for my presence, I hopped out of the Jumpy-jump, snatched my glow-stick from the fridge and galloped away on the Rent-A-Pony. - Stolen from Jcorona

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