Folks Of Interest Catch words, phrases coined

And then there’s the progression to
been there done that got the T-shirt

 

Bingo

 

Ain’t cha burnt. (mid 60’s)

 

When things work out right ,"Now were cooking with gas".

 

"We're golden"

 

probably already mentioned...

gifted
regifted
preowned.

a guy called the bike shop the other day, wanted to know what we had in preowned.
I told him we didn't sell preowned..... and we didn't sell used, either.

 

Had a guy we worked with said that all the time. There were three of us that always answered him with, "Like a shower?"

 

A friend used to use "competition proven" for used racing parts.

 

"see what I'm sayin' ?" Well, I might understand what your talking about, but I don't see shit in front of me.......
'Splain it some to me would you?

 

“Bad Ass” as said on so many TV car shows, continually.

 

I worked with a group of millennials for over a year and most of their statements began with “ain’t gonna lie...”

 

To confirm "right now" my uncle would say "not like a house rat but like rat now".

 

12 pages!
Epic. This is huge. It puts my dick in the dirt. Far out!

 

I tell people often that I believe to be wrong "your perception is your reality"

 

As a kid, when someone wanted to say someone was an "ass" but didn't use bad language they would call that person "the south end of a north bound mule".

 

Don't make me laugh.

This is from way down a country road, way back.-
"If that don't beat a goose a-gobblin'."

 

He's a legend in his own mind

 

My dad said many times to me "every time you look in the refrigerator it costs me a dime" .... Still think of it today every time I look in and don't get anything just like when I was 12....

 

If I had a nickel for every time my mother said "Don't stand with the refrigerator door open."...

 

Good ol' Andy Griffith quote: "Act like you got some smarts"

 

Or close the front door, we're not heating the outside!

 

Well I'll be a monkey's uncle!

 

Patch out ...

 

Restomod. What the heck does that mean? Is it restored? Is it modified? When I see an ad for a "restomod," I don't even look at it. It's a nonsensical term that says nothing.

 

Lately for me it's been "when I was a kid...."

 

"it is what it is".
I would love to strangle the lazy bastard that coined that phrase.
It is not the answer to any question!

 

While they last.
(Like, duh)

 

LOL my grandpa told me that there is a proper response to, "Close the door. were you born in a barn." The proper response is "yea and I get homesick every time I hear a mule bray."

I have never been the care taker for a car or a bike although I have called myself its friend. Sometimes seeing what I have done with some of them over the years that is actually debatable.

End of the day we are parrots and I agree, fur sure.

 

Have you ever been in a complicated situation where it’s impossible to explain?
That’s where it fits.

Unless you’re billyclinton and need to define “is”

 

It's kind of like the present tense of
"Whatever will be, will be."