I’ve been told that my spirit animal is an old man and I take that as a compliment. I don’t know what it is, but I particularly think grumpy old men are hilarious. I can only hope that I live long enough to become a cantankerous old coot. This page contains random things about old men.
Books
- The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
- A Man Called Ove
- The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 ¼ Years Old
- On the Bright Side
- Water for Elephants
Movies
- Grumpy Old Men (one of my favorites!)
- Grumpier Old Men
- The Straight Story
- Up
Phrases
- You’re as sharp as a mashed potato sandwich.
- Never trust a fart.
- The bee’s knees.
- The cat’s pajamas.
- The cat’s meow.
- Kick the bucket.
- Back in my day…
Words
A
- anywho
B
- bushed
- ballyhoo
- bejesus
- blither
- britches
- brisk
- bushel
- botched
- by jove
- by George
- beckon
- boulderdash
- baloney – Nonsense; lies; hogwash; rubbish. You’re full of baloney!
C
- cattywampus
- cotton-pickin’
- clicker
- crotchety
- cloud 9
- condone
- cup of joe
- chit-chat
- cantankerous – Bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative.
- chap
- codswallop
- coventry
- courting
- canoodle
- capiche
- crudbucket
- cock – A rooster.
- cockamamie
- coot – A foolish or eccentric person, typically an old man.
D
- davenport
- dilly-dally
- diddly-squat
- (the) dickens
- dagnabbit
- dog and pony show
- druthers
- dandy
- daybreak
- daybed
- dowery
- darling
- dadgummit – Euphemism for Goddamnit.
- dawdle
- darn-tootin
E
- egad
- earmarked
F
- fuddy-duddy
- fanny
- fiddle-sticks
- fib
- fella
- famished
- flabbergasted
- folks
- fopdoodle – An insignificant fellow.
- fuss – Unnecessary or excessive excitement, activity, or interest. She’s always fussing about something.
G
- gas – Fun; enjoyable.
- gung ho
- gibberish
- geez
- geez-louise
- golly
- gosh
- gosh-darnit
- gee-whiz
- goodness
- gumption
- got me in stitches
- gollywobbler
- gollosh
- gams
- (the) grippe – influenze; flu.
H
- haberdashery
- hot-dang
- hock
- hasty
- hankerin’
- hogwash – Nonsense.
- hooligan
- hoodlum
- hanky-panky
- hit the hay/sack
- hussy
- horse-puckey
- heavens to betsy
- hither
- hunch
- hoot
I
- ice box
- indubitably
- (the) itch – The desire or craving for something. The itch to travel.
J
- jiminy cricket
- jeepers
- jovial
K
- knick-knack
- keen
- knickers
- knee-slapper
- kunundrum
- kerfuffle
L
- lallygag
- lickity split
- life of riley
- laurels
- lily livered
- limerick
- loathe
- lovely
M
- mosey
- meloncholy
- muck/muckle
- market (grocery store)
- moot point
- mind your p’s and q’s
- mayhaps
- murgatroyd
- meander
- maw
N
- namby-pamby
- nit-wit
- nifty
- neat
O
- ornery
P
- plum-tuckered
- poppycock
- pooped
- pish-posh
- precious
- picklepuss
- push pin
- peachy
- pestering
- pantaloons
Q
- quench
- quaint
R
- rubbish – Garbage; nonsense.
- ragamuffin
- rapscalion
- red cent
- reckon
- rustic
- rascal
S
- scadaddle
- shenanigans
- shindig
- slacks
- smitten
- scot-free
- shambles
- shibboleth
- stomping grounds
- swell
- shucks
- spiffy
- splendid
- snickerdoodle
- supper
- silly goose
- scamper
- stroll
- scoot
- Sam Hill – used in exclamations as a euphemism for “hell”.
- skitters
- sammich – a sandwich.
T
- tall drink of water
- terrace
- tookis
- tarnish
- tarnation
- tummy
- tawdry
- two-bits – A quarter (25¢)
- touché
U
- uber
V
- victrola
W
- whippersnapper – a young and inexperienced person considered to be presumptuous or overconfident.
- washroom
- wallop
- willy-nilly
- willikers
- whatnot
- whoops-a-daisy
X
- ?
Y
- yikes
- youngster
- youngin’
Z
- ?