The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

EXPRESSIONS

HORSETURD!
OH BUG!
DON'T GET WISE, BEE-BEE EYES.
THAT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF IT.
ALRIGHTEE.
BUG-A-BUG.
I'M EMBARRASED.
BROTHER!
SUGAR
OH, YOU DEVIL!
GET OFF MY BACK.
THAT HELPS.
JEEZE-O-MAN.
YOU MOLE.
CRAZY-MAN-CRAZY.
STINKIE-SCHWINKIE, YOU'RE REAL GONE.
CRAZY-MAN, CRAZY.
YOU'RE BERSERK!
YOU'RE NUTS.
DUMB BUNNY.
OH FISH
WOW! WHAT A CAT.
HI, REPULSIVE.
KILL IT! DON'T LET IT LIVE.
CITY SLICKERS ARE SUCKERS.
MAN, IS THAT COOL!
GADZOOKS!
GET OUT
OH, PHOOEY.
WHAT SAY, HOOD?
DADGUM IT.
YOU CAN'T FIND OUT 'TIL YOU EXPERIMENT. MM
HE WHO WANTS THE NUT
MUST CRACK THE KERNEL

Submitter comment: THIS LIST OF EXPRESSIONS COMMONLY USED BY THE STUDENTS WAS
PRINTED IN THE SALINA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL NINTH GRADE YEARBOOK
IN 1954. SALINA IS IN DEARBORN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN