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Expressions you rarely hear these days


That's how the cookie crumbles.

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"as a matter of fact"

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Sounds a lot like Columbo's line:

"Oh, and just one more thing."

~~/o/

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Watched Sabrina (1954) the other day and Humphrey Bogart said:

"I am steamed!"

~~/o/

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I think we ought to bring "steamed" back. 😤🤯

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How often does one hear "As you wish" when asked to do a request?

Got that from "The Princess Bride" (1987)

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"banana oil"

1920s slang for exaggerating something.

~~/o/

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I haven't heard " hemming and hawing " since the 80's and it was an old woman who used it at the time.

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Sock it to me!
What a fox!
That's a blast!
Far out!
Outta sight!
That's really hip!
He's a hunk!

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Psych

I remember a lot of people used that word back in 1992

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oh yeah "psyche" was big

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