What words were used during your childhood, but rarely heard today?

[Beth Andrea]

The "N" word

[Darkie]

Cat's Meow!  And "I'll drop you like a bad habit".  My dad always said that.  -sneaks back into his box where he has been for like 2 years-

[Jill F]

"Don't take any wooden nickels."  WTF is that supposed to mean anyway?

[kittenpower]

"you're the cat's pajamas"

-Barney Fife

[MugwortPsychonaut]

"Don't take any wooden nickels."  WTF is that supposed to mean anyway?

Aaah! I say this one all the time! It means don't accept any fakes. Don't let anyone fool you. I got stoked on in from George Carlin, with his bit about, "Toodleoo, go with God, and don't take any wooden nickels."

[katrinaw]

While in the feline world... 

"Who's she? the cats mother"
when the name eludes you and you just say she! ouch how that cut you back! and usually came with a
"clip around the ear"
ahhh another old nicety! not...

[rachel89]

Blockbuster

[Sigyn]

bitchen!

[V M]

"Gnarly waves bra!!! That was radical dude!!! That riff was just killer!!! Wanna go suck down some brewskis?"

[Jill F]

Film at 11

[katrinaw]

Scram! (run away)

[KimSails]

"This is a test. For the next sixty seconds, this station will conduct a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. This is only a test."

<Very Annoying Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep>

"This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. The broadcasters of your area in voluntary cooperation with the FCC and other authorities have developed this system to keep you informed in the event of an emergency. If this had been an actual emergency, you would have been instructed to tune to one of the broadcast stations in your area."

[katrinaw]

lackadaisical

[Sigyn]

"This is a test. For the next sixty seconds, this station will conduct a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. This is only a test."

<Very Annoying Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep>

"This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. The broadcasters of your area in voluntary cooperation with the FCC and other authorities have developed this system to keep you informed in the event of an emergency. If this had been an actual emergency, you would have been instructed to tune to one of the broadcast stations in your area."

One evening I binged watched a lot of the different EBS tests/alerts/fake scenarios on Youtube. I thought I was weird, but then I realized there was no way I could watch them all.

[Colleen M]

One evening I binged watched a lot of the different EBS tests/alerts/fake scenarios on Youtube. I thought I was weird, but then I realized there was no way I could watch them all.

The old "Duck and Cover" films are tragically hilarious now. 

[kittenpower]

Fill it up with (Earth killing) Ethyl (said to the attendant at the full service gas station)

Full service gas station

[Sigyn]

The old "Duck and Cover" films are tragically hilarious now.

Protect and Survive, which was a UK film in the 1970's, is such a blast (tee hee)

[rachel89]

"principal's office" (said in an angry tone)

[JamiePhsx42]

cowabunga

[kittenpower]

Redcoat