Christine MalecMar 9
Are there any oldie-timy phrases you enjoy hearing or using? One of my favourites is: addlepated.
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@ChristineMalec
I still slip into calling a voicemail 'the answering machine' before correcting myself. And occasionally I slip up and call a photocopy a 'carbon copy'. And I frequently refer to 'rolling up [or down]' the car window.

And I use a few even older phrases that I picked up from my Grandma growing up, such as "If it had been a snake, it would have bitten you" and "That juice wasn't worth the squeeze".

Mar 10 at 12:57amWeb
Show threadChristine MalecMar 10
@CommonSparrow I like, "he's a long drink of water," to describe a tall man. Maybe that's an eastern Canada thing?
Show threadCommon SparrowMar 10
@ChristineMalec
I've heard that one now and then. I live in western NY, so Canadianisms sometimes drift this way. And my living in Canada as a child may have put it in my mind also.