170 Entries Tagged “Old-Timey”
Funny Sayings
71. Please, No! I Have a Wife and Family!
An excuse for why they shouldn't kill you, fire you, or do anything bad to you. See also Middle Age, Old-Timey.
Funny Phrases
72. Eh Wot
A phrase used by old British gentlemen at the end of sentences that means, "you know?" or "right?". See also British, Old-Timey.
Funny Things to Do
73. Reading by Candlelight
Your last resort for entertainment when the power goes out. See also Old-Timey.
Funny Things
75. Hootchy Kootchy Shows
A sideshow act featuring suggestive belly-dancing. See also 20's, Old-Timey.
Funny Foods
76. Linked Sausages
Especially when in the mouth of a dog running out of a butcher shop. Like this guy. See also Old-Timey.
Funny Words
77. Bungey
Old southern word for "sick". This word was used by Brad Pitt in "The Assassination of Jesse James" in a smooth cowboyish drawl. "You don't have to keep smoking that if it's making you bungey." See also Old-Timey, Western.
Funny Words
78. Piccadilly
Used as a flavor word to make one sound old and cantankerous, e.g. "You piccadilly tramp!"
The word itself doesn't hold much meaning, though it may refer to people who wore piccadills (or large, lacy collars) in the 17th century. See also Old-Timey.
Funny Things
79. Anvils
For some reason, more prone to falling in cartoons than in real-life. See also Cartoons, Old-Timey.
Funny Insults
80. Upstart
Describes someone who has quickly risen to a higher social class, and thus behaves pompously.
"You swine!"
"Come again?"
"You worm!"
"Once more."
"You upstart!"
"That's it!"
See also Old-Timey.