LizzieMaine
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On the other hand, though, the Less We Forget the better.
"Lest we forget"
When was the last time you heard anyone other than Yosemite Sam use the words "galoot" or "tarnation"? I remember people actually using them, but it's been decades.
Even as a child I got that "What in tarnation" was a contraction of the phrase "What in the entire nation?". As to "Galoot", however, I have no clue.
According to the interwebs, which always tells the truth and is never inaccurate or misleading..."galoot" (meaning an oafish or simple person) is a nautical term for a novice or inexperienced sailor, possibly, if not probably, derived from the Italian word "galeotto" meaning a galley slave, most likely a convict.
I passed a guy driving a "hillbilly Cadillac" this morning. Any one ever heard this term to describe a used police car.
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My mother used to use the phrase "built like a shikepoke" to describe a tall, skinny, gangly type of person. I figured that it must be some sort of wading bird, years later I found out that it is another name for a heron.
Speaking of sailors, when's the last time you heard a Navy enlisted man referred to as a "gob?"
Speaking of sailors, when's the last time you heard a Navy enlisted man referred to as a "gob?"
I've always heard the term "squid" used to refer to anyone in the Navy regardless of rank, similar to the way the term "jarhead" refers to anyone in the Marines...."Swab jockey" and "squid" (the latter for both officers and enlisted), I have heard more recently.