If you grew up with your grandparents or older family members around, chances are you heard a lot of words and terms that are pretty much extinct nowadays.
These old-timey phrases are a lot of fun and they might jog some memories for some of you.
Here are 10 old-fashioned terms that you just don’t hear very much anymore.
1. Picture show

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What people used to call movies.
2. Kick up your heels

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Let loose and have a good time!
3. Know your onions

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This is a new one for me – it means to know a lot about a subject.
4. Jiggery-Pokery

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Trickery. Manipulation. Deceitful behavior. First used in the 1890s.
5. The Bee’s Knees

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Excellent! Awesome! Stupendous! Amazing! “You really are the bee’s knees!”
6. Guttle

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To eat or drink noisily and greedily! “He sure is guttling it down!”
7. Giggle Water

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I really like this one. It means alcoholic beverages. Pretty self-explanatory, I think.
8. Tickety-Boo

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A-OK. Everything is good. All good!
9. Canceled Stamp

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A shy woman or a woman who kept to herself.
10. Dewdropper

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Someone who is lazy or a slacker. “You good-for-nothing dewdropper!”
What do you think? Should we bring them back??