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Jake: Be Old Timey
This is a list of old timey phrases Jake has used in canon or could conceivably use in everyday conversation! Credit for some of this list is over here.
Alas...
Anyhoo...
Bandying...
1.) to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
2.) to throw or strike to and fro or from side to side, as a ball in tennis.
3.) to circulate freely: to bandy gossip.
Bet your bottom boonbuck...
Bedeviling...
Blasted...
1.) withered; shriveled; blighted; ruined.
2.) damned; confounded
Bonkers...
Boondoggle...
1.) a product of simple manual skill, as a plaited leather cord for the neck or a knife sheath, made typically by a camper or a scout.
2.) work of little or no value done merely to keep or look busy.
3.) a project funded by the federal government out of political favoritism that is of no real value to the community or the nation.
Boorish cur...
Botherations...
1.) used as an exclamation indicating vexation or annoyance.
Bully...
1.) a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people.
2.) Archaic. a man hired to do violence.
3.) Obsolete. a pimp; procurer.
4.) Obsolete. good friend; good fellow.
5.) Obsolete. sweetheart; darling.
Bum...
Buster...
1.) a person who breaks up something: crime busters.
2.) something that is very big or unusual for its kind.
3.) a loud, uproarious reveler.
4.) a frolic; spree.
5.) sed as a familiar term of address to a man or boy who is an object to the speaker's annoyance or anger: Look, Buster, you're standing in my way!
Caboose...
1.) a car on a freight train, used chiefly as the crew's quarters and usually attached to the rear of the train.
2.) British. a kitchen on the deck of a ship; galley.
3.) Slang. the buttocks.
Cheese and fucking crackers...
Christforsaken...
Clobbering the everfriggin tar...
Cockamamie...
1.) ridiculous
Cockeyed and catawampuss...
Cripes...
Dadblasted...
Dag nab...
1.) another way to say "doggone it" or "damn it."
Dandy...
1.) a man who is excessively concerned about his clothes and appearance; a fop.
2.) Informal. something or someone of exceptional or first-rate quality: Your reply was a dandy.
Devilfucking dickens...
Dickprince...
Discombobulated...
1.) to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate
Doodad...
Doohickey...
Egad(s)...
1.) interjection. (used as an expletive or mild oath): Egad, I never thought of that!
Fella...
1.) Informal. fellow.
Friggin...
Frigs flipping sake...
Gadzooks...
Gizmo...
Good gravy...
Goofoff...
1.) Slang. a person who habitually shirks work or responsibility; idler.
Grappled...
Heavens to betsy...
Henceforth...
1.) from now on; from this point forward.
Hogswallop...
Horsefeathers...
1.) ( used with a singular or plural verb ) something not worth considering.
2.) Interjection. rubbish; nonsense; bunk (used to express contemptuous rejection).
Horseshit...
Note: "Horseshitty", "horse shit", and general mentions of equine excrement are a favorite of Mr. English's
Humdinger...
Jesus christmas...
Jesus christofer kringlefucker...
Jimmied piping hot...
Kicking christ in a diaper...
Knickknacks...
Mackerel...
Malarkey
1.) speech or writing designed to obscure, mislead, or impress; bunkum
Nelly...
Nigh impossible...
Noggin...
Nuttiest...
Pedantry...
1.) the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
2.) slavish attention to rules, details, etc.
3.) an instance of being pedantic
Phooey...
Platitudinous...
1.) dullness; triteness;
2.) n. a quality or remark that is flat, dull, or trite
Prattling...
1.) to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble.
2.) to utter by chattering or babbling.
Reconvene...
Ripsnorter...
1.) something or someone exceedingly strong or violent: a ripsnorter of a gale.
2.) something or someone remarkably good or exciting.
Ruffians...
Rootin tootin...
Scoundrels...
Shitknickers...
Note: Also seen as "Snappy shitknickers"
Shucks...
1.) a husk or pod, as the outer covering of corn, hickory nuts, chestnuts, etc.
2.) Informal. something useless or worthless: They don't care shucks about the project.
3.) the shell of an oyster or clam.
4.) Slang. to get rid of (often followed by off ): a bad habit I couldn't shuck off for years.
Spurious hijinks...
Tenterhooks...
That's aces...
Trollycar bellwether...
Whistling sweet dixie...
And how!: I strongly agree!
Attaboy!: well done!; also, Attagirl!
balled up: messed up.
baloney: Nonsense!
beeswax: business, i.e. "None of your beeswax." Student.
bee's knee's: great; a fad expression. Dozens of "animal anatomy" variations existed: elephant's eyebrows, gnat's whistle, eel's hips, etc.
bell bottom: a sailor
big shot: important person
bird: general term for a man or woman, sometimes meaning "odd," i.e. "What a funny old bird."
bull: (1) a law-enforcement official, including FBI. (2) nonesense, bullshit (3) to talk idly, to exaggerate
bump off: to kill
bushwa: a euphemism for "bullshit"
chuffed
1. annoyed; displeased; disgruntled.
2. delighted; pleased; satisfied.
dame: a female. Did not gain widespread use until the 1930's.
darb: a great person or thing. "That movie was darb."
deb: a debutant.
dewdropper: a young man who sleeps all day and doesn't have a job
dogs: feet
doll: an attractive woman.
dolled up: dressed up
don't know from nothing: doesn't have any information
don't take any wooden dimes: don't do anything stupid.
dry up: shut up, get lost
dumb Dora: an absolute idiot, a dumbbell
earful: enough
edge: a buzz. i.e. "I've got an edge."
fly boy: a glamorous term for an aviator
four-flusher: a person who feigns wealth while mooching off others.
fried: drunk
gams (1930): legs
gay: happy or lively; no connection to homosexuality.
get-up (1930): an outfit.
get a wiggle on: get a move on, get going
get in a lather: get worked up, angry
giggle water: booze
goof: (1) a stupid or bumbling person, (2) a boyfriend, flapper.
goofy: in love
grummy: depressed
grungy: envious
half seas over: drunk, also "half under."
hard-boiled: tough, as in, a tough guy, ie: "he sure is hard-boiled!"
heebie-jeebies (1926): "the shakes," named after a hit song.
high hat: a snob.
hip to the jive: trendy
Jake: great, ie. "Everything's Jake."
keen: appealing
killjoy: a solemn person
knock up: to make pregnant
know one's onions: to know one's business or what one is talking about
left holding the bag: to be blamed for something
let George do it: a work evading phrase
level with me: be honest
line: a false story, as in "to feed one a line."
live wire: a lively person
lollygagger: (1) a young man who enjoys making out (2) an idle person
milquetoast (1924): a very timid person
mind your potatoes: mind your own business.
nifty: great
Not so good!: I personally disapprove.
"Now you're on the trolley!": Now you've got it, now you're right.
Oh yeah!: I doubt it!
old boy: a male term of address, used with other males. Also "old man" "old fruit." "How's everything old boy?"
on a toot: a drinking binge
on the lam: fleeing from authorities
on the level: legitimate, honest
on the up and up: on the level
palooka: (1) a below-average or average boxer (2) an outsider
pet: making out
petting pantry: movie theater
piffle: baloney
piker: a coward
pill: (1) a teacher (2) an unlikable person
pipe down: stop talking
pos-i-lute-ly: affirmative, also "pos-i-tive-ly"
putting on the ritz: after the Ritz Hotel in Paris; doing something in high style. Also "ritzy."
quiff: a slut
rag-a-muffin: a dirty or disheveled individual
razz: to make fun of
regular: normal, typical, average; "Regular fella."
Reuben: a country bumpkin. Also "rube"
Rhatz!: How disappointing!
sap: a fool, an idiot. Very common term in the 20s.
says you: disbelief
sitting pretty: in a prime position
spill: to talk
stilts: legs
swanky: (1) good (2) elegant
swell: (1) good (2) high class
take someone for a ride: to take someone to a deserted location and murder them.
tasty: appealing
tell it to Sweeney: tell it to someone who'll believe it.
tight: attractive
upstage: snobby
wet blanket: see Killjoy
What's eating you?: What's wrong?
whoopee: wild fun
You slay me!: That's funny!
zozzled: drunk
411
information (get the 411)
Airhead
(1)Noun A stupid or unaware person; moron, dim-wit.
Amped
Totally pumped or psyched about something.
'Bag Your Face!'
whatever! Shut up!
Bangin'
Cool, or spectacular.
Bite Me!
(1)Excl. Kiss my ass.
Bite Me
Means buzz off or go away, ie. "You're such a geek!" "Like, bite me, dude!"
Bombdigity
It means that something is good.
Book (Book-It)
To leave a place in a hurry or abruptly. Also known as 'jamming' (to jam).
Bounce
Means to get out of here, leave " let's bounce, it's getting late"
Ditz
(1)Noun A less harsh way of describing a person who is not very smart.
Eat My Shorts
Phrase used as a comeback. Heavily in use in the 80's and also used on TV's 'The Simpsons'. If someone was to put you down in anyway, you can reply with this phrase.
F***in'-ey
(1)Adj./Intensifier: Enthusiastic approval or agreement. Congruity.
F*ck you, Watson
A comeback to the "No shit, Sherlock" response.
Fantabulous
It's basically Fantastic and Fabuluos put together it's something that is sarcastically good!
Freak
(1)noun- a hottie who likes to have fun. example: "that girl sheila is a freak!"
Freakin'
(1)verb - grinding someone on the dance floor. example: "roxanne and I were freakin' on the dance floor."
Fresh One
To get hit or punched. "Do you want a fresh one?"
"Fricking"
Adjective: Extremely.
Get Real
Disbelief or disdain.
I Kid You Not
I am not lying or making this up.
Jet
I have to leave, or I'm outta here.
Keep Diggin' Watson
Reply to "no shit sherlock"; defensive reply after having their own stupidity called out.
Can also mean not enough information is obvious so keep looking
Kick Rocks
Go Away. Get lost.
Out The Door
A suffix used at the end of a phrase. "Gag me out the door." Meaning, something gagged them so much they had to leave the room.
Have bats in one's belfry
Keep your shirt on
Pardon my French
He doesn't have a pot to piss in
Search me...
That's the ticket
Applesauce: an expletive same as horsefeathers, As in "Ah applesauce!"
Swashbuckling...
Alas...
Anyhoo...
Bandying...
1.) to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
2.) to throw or strike to and fro or from side to side, as a ball in tennis.
3.) to circulate freely: to bandy gossip.
Bet your bottom boonbuck...
Bedeviling...
Blasted...
2.) damned; confounded
Bonkers...
Boondoggle...
1.) a product of simple manual skill, as a plaited leather cord for the neck or a knife sheath, made typically by a camper or a scout.
2.) work of little or no value done merely to keep or look busy.
3.) a project funded by the federal government out of political favoritism that is of no real value to the community or the nation.
Boorish cur...
Botherations...
1.) used as an exclamation indicating vexation or annoyance.
Bully...
2.) Archaic. a man hired to do violence.
3.) Obsolete. a pimp; procurer.
4.) Obsolete. good friend; good fellow.
5.) Obsolete. sweetheart; darling.
Bum...
Buster...
2.) something that is very big or unusual for its kind.
3.) a loud, uproarious reveler.
4.) a frolic; spree.
5.) sed as a familiar term of address to a man or boy who is an object to the speaker's annoyance or anger: Look, Buster, you're standing in my way!
Caboose...
1.) a car on a freight train, used chiefly as the crew's quarters and usually attached to the rear of the train.
2.) British. a kitchen on the deck of a ship; galley.
3.) Slang. the buttocks.
Cheese and fucking crackers...
Christforsaken...
Clobbering the everfriggin tar...
Cockamamie...
1.) ridiculous
Cockeyed and catawampuss...
Cripes...
Dadblasted...
Dag nab...
1.) another way to say "doggone it" or "damn it."
Dandy...
1.) a man who is excessively concerned about his clothes and appearance; a fop.
2.) Informal. something or someone of exceptional or first-rate quality: Your reply was a dandy.
Devilfucking dickens...
Dickprince...
Discombobulated...
1.) to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate
Doodad...
Doohickey...
Egad(s)...
1.) interjection. (used as an expletive or mild oath): Egad, I never thought of that!
Fella...
1.) Informal. fellow.
Friggin...
Frigs flipping sake...
Gadzooks...
Gizmo...
Good gravy...
Goofoff...
1.) Slang. a person who habitually shirks work or responsibility; idler.
Grappled...
Heavens to betsy...
Henceforth...
1.) from now on; from this point forward.
Hogswallop...
Horsefeathers...
1.) ( used with a singular or plural verb ) something not worth considering.
2.) Interjection. rubbish; nonsense; bunk (used to express contemptuous rejection).
Horseshit...
Note: "Horseshitty", "horse shit", and general mentions of equine excrement are a favorite of Mr. English's
Humdinger...
Jesus christmas...
Jesus christofer kringlefucker...
Jimmied piping hot...
Kicking christ in a diaper...
Knickknacks...
Mackerel...
Malarkey
1.) speech or writing designed to obscure, mislead, or impress; bunkum
Nelly...
Nigh impossible...
Noggin...
Nuttiest...
Pedantry...
1.) the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
2.) slavish attention to rules, details, etc.
3.) an instance of being pedantic
Phooey...
Platitudinous...
1.) dullness; triteness;
2.) n. a quality or remark that is flat, dull, or trite
Prattling...
1.) to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble.
2.) to utter by chattering or babbling.
Reconvene...
Ripsnorter...
1.) something or someone exceedingly strong or violent: a ripsnorter of a gale.
2.) something or someone remarkably good or exciting.
Ruffians...
Rootin tootin...
Scoundrels...
Shitknickers...
Note: Also seen as "Snappy shitknickers"
Shucks...
2.) Informal. something useless or worthless: They don't care shucks about the project.
4.) Slang. to get rid of (often followed by off ): a bad habit I couldn't shuck off for years.
Spurious hijinks...
Tenterhooks...
That's aces...
Trollycar bellwether...
Whistling sweet dixie...
And how!: I strongly agree!
Attaboy!: well done!; also, Attagirl!
balled up: messed up.
baloney: Nonsense!
beeswax: business, i.e. "None of your beeswax." Student.
bee's knee's: great; a fad expression. Dozens of "animal anatomy" variations existed: elephant's eyebrows, gnat's whistle, eel's hips, etc.
bell bottom: a sailor
big shot: important person
bird: general term for a man or woman, sometimes meaning "odd," i.e. "What a funny old bird."
bull: (1) a law-enforcement official, including FBI. (2) nonesense, bullshit (3) to talk idly, to exaggerate
bump off: to kill
bushwa: a euphemism for "bullshit"
chuffed
1. annoyed; displeased; disgruntled.
2. delighted; pleased; satisfied.
dame: a female. Did not gain widespread use until the 1930's.
darb: a great person or thing. "That movie was darb."
deb: a debutant.
dewdropper: a young man who sleeps all day and doesn't have a job
dogs: feet
doll: an attractive woman.
dolled up: dressed up
don't know from nothing: doesn't have any information
don't take any wooden dimes: don't do anything stupid.
dry up: shut up, get lost
dumb Dora: an absolute idiot, a dumbbell
earful: enough
edge: a buzz. i.e. "I've got an edge."
fly boy: a glamorous term for an aviator
four-flusher: a person who feigns wealth while mooching off others.
fried: drunk
gams (1930): legs
gay: happy or lively; no connection to homosexuality.
get-up (1930): an outfit.
get a wiggle on: get a move on, get going
get in a lather: get worked up, angry
giggle water: booze
goof: (1) a stupid or bumbling person, (2) a boyfriend, flapper.
goofy: in love
grummy: depressed
grungy: envious
half seas over: drunk, also "half under."
hard-boiled: tough, as in, a tough guy, ie: "he sure is hard-boiled!"
heebie-jeebies (1926): "the shakes," named after a hit song.
high hat: a snob.
hip to the jive: trendy
Jake: great, ie. "Everything's Jake."
keen: appealing
killjoy: a solemn person
knock up: to make pregnant
know one's onions: to know one's business or what one is talking about
left holding the bag: to be blamed for something
let George do it: a work evading phrase
level with me: be honest
line: a false story, as in "to feed one a line."
live wire: a lively person
lollygagger: (1) a young man who enjoys making out (2) an idle person
milquetoast (1924): a very timid person
mind your potatoes: mind your own business.
nifty: great
Not so good!: I personally disapprove.
"Now you're on the trolley!": Now you've got it, now you're right.
Oh yeah!: I doubt it!
old boy: a male term of address, used with other males. Also "old man" "old fruit." "How's everything old boy?"
on a toot: a drinking binge
on the lam: fleeing from authorities
on the level: legitimate, honest
on the up and up: on the level
palooka: (1) a below-average or average boxer (2) an outsider
pet: making out
petting pantry: movie theater
piffle: baloney
piker: a coward
pill: (1) a teacher (2) an unlikable person
pipe down: stop talking
pos-i-lute-ly: affirmative, also "pos-i-tive-ly"
putting on the ritz: after the Ritz Hotel in Paris; doing something in high style. Also "ritzy."
quiff: a slut
rag-a-muffin: a dirty or disheveled individual
razz: to make fun of
regular: normal, typical, average; "Regular fella."
Reuben: a country bumpkin. Also "rube"
Rhatz!: How disappointing!
sap: a fool, an idiot. Very common term in the 20s.
says you: disbelief
sitting pretty: in a prime position
spill: to talk
stilts: legs
swanky: (1) good (2) elegant
swell: (1) good (2) high class
take someone for a ride: to take someone to a deserted location and murder them.
tasty: appealing
tell it to Sweeney: tell it to someone who'll believe it.
tight: attractive
upstage: snobby
wet blanket: see Killjoy
What's eating you?: What's wrong?
whoopee: wild fun
You slay me!: That's funny!
zozzled: drunk
411
information (get the 411)
Airhead
(1)Noun A stupid or unaware person; moron, dim-wit.
Amped
Totally pumped or psyched about something.
'Bag Your Face!'
whatever! Shut up!
Bangin'
Cool, or spectacular.
Bite Me!
(1)Excl. Kiss my ass.
Bite Me
Means buzz off or go away, ie. "You're such a geek!" "Like, bite me, dude!"
Bombdigity
It means that something is good.
Book (Book-It)
To leave a place in a hurry or abruptly. Also known as 'jamming' (to jam).
Bounce
Means to get out of here, leave " let's bounce, it's getting late"
Ditz
(1)Noun A less harsh way of describing a person who is not very smart.
Eat My Shorts
Phrase used as a comeback. Heavily in use in the 80's and also used on TV's 'The Simpsons'. If someone was to put you down in anyway, you can reply with this phrase.
F***in'-ey
(1)Adj./Intensifier: Enthusiastic approval or agreement. Congruity.
F*ck you, Watson
A comeback to the "No shit, Sherlock" response.
Fantabulous
It's basically Fantastic and Fabuluos put together it's something that is sarcastically good!
Freak
(1)noun- a hottie who likes to have fun. example: "that girl sheila is a freak!"
Freakin'
(1)verb - grinding someone on the dance floor. example: "roxanne and I were freakin' on the dance floor."
Fresh One
To get hit or punched. "Do you want a fresh one?"
"Fricking"
Adjective: Extremely.
Get Real
Disbelief or disdain.
I Kid You Not
I am not lying or making this up.
Jet
I have to leave, or I'm outta here.
Keep Diggin' Watson
Reply to "no shit sherlock"; defensive reply after having their own stupidity called out.
Can also mean not enough information is obvious so keep looking
Kick Rocks
Go Away. Get lost.
Out The Door
A suffix used at the end of a phrase. "Gag me out the door." Meaning, something gagged them so much they had to leave the room.
Have bats in one's belfry
Keep your shirt on
Pardon my French
He doesn't have a pot to piss in
Search me...
That's the ticket
Applesauce: an expletive same as horsefeathers, As in "Ah applesauce!"
Swashbuckling...