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Mr. Mystoffelees Inner circle I haven't changed anyone's opinion in 3623 Posts |
Sales tax stamp... Green stamps... Insel brick... Dirty bucks... Flagg brothers shoes... Transistor radios...
Also known, when doing rope magic, as "Cordini"
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
Yes, those are unknown today, but they aren't used in common terms of speech today. I think the OP is looking for terms that are still in common use that are based on things that have long been obsolete. Example- people who have never used a dial phone will still sometimes use the phrase "dial a number."
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Jaz Inner circle NJ, U.S. 6111 Posts |
Jump the broom.
Ticker tape. Put thru the wringer. |
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Michael Daniels Inner circle Isle of Man 1609 Posts |
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Pakar Ilusi Inner circle 5777 Posts |
Abstinance.
"Dreams aren't a matter of Chance but a matter of Choice." -DC-
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
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On 2012-07-01 11:03, Michael Daniels wrote: Ha-ha!! Actually, I can think of at least two major connections.
~michael baker
The Magic Company |
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Mary Mowder Inner circle Sacramento / Elk Grove, CA 3659 Posts |
The word Sunrise is based on an obsolete idea but People are still using it.
Too many irons in the fire, A real stem winder, not on your tintype, hanging offense, put it on a sideboard, sober as a Judge, and in like Flynn are all but gone. -Mary Mowder |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
"Skid row" is also a phrase whose meaning has been lost with time. I understand it originally was a logging term.
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
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On 2012-07-01 13:44, mastermindreader wrote: That's what they say in the Seattle Underground Tour I've always wanted to see pictures of those raised streets from back in the day but I've never been able to locate any.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
~Will Rogers |
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Michael Daniels Inner circle Isle of Man 1609 Posts |
"Namby-Pamby" is especially obscure. I doubt anyone here knows the origin without looking it up (I didn't).
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Woland Special user 680 Posts |
The O.P. said "obsolete ideas" not "obsolete technological items." But don't worry, I won't start in on "obsolete ideas" . . . .
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Mary Mowder Inner circle Sacramento / Elk Grove, CA 3659 Posts |
OK how about rule of thumb? You may not beat your wife with a stick thicker than your thumb. I think there are a couple of origins for rule of thumb but that is one of them.
Sunrise still stands. -Mary Mowder |
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
"Well you can't do much damage with that now, can ye? Perhaps they should have called it the rule of wrist?"
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
~Will Rogers |
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Mary Mowder Inner circle Sacramento / Elk Grove, CA 3659 Posts |
We'll have to start calling you Ornery Critter.
How about one for the road? I guess I never hear that anymore though. -Mary Mowder |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
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On 2012-07-01 21:46, Mary Mowder wrote: Not since the DUI laws got a lot stricter! |
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16544 Posts |
Independence seems obsolete in these days of the New World Order comming into view.
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
Tommy |
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
Cut and paste?
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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Bob1Dog Inner circle Wife: It's me or this houseful of 1159 Posts |
The whole nine yards.
What if the Hokey Pokey really IS what it's all about?
My neighbor rang my doorbell at 2:30 a.m. this morning, can you believe that, 2:30 a.m.!? Lucky for him I was still up playing my drums. |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
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On 2012-07-02 00:06, Bob1Dog wrote: From what I can find, no one knows for sure where that phrase came from or exactly what it originally referred to, but it never appeared in print before 1962, so explanations that are prior to that are unconfirmed. http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/the-whole-nine-yards.html |
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
Soon to be obscure: going postal.
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