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From: Mary Jane Morgan 

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                      I came across this phrase recently... 'FENDER SKIRTS..'






                      A term I haven't heard in a long time, and thinking about 
'fenderskirts' started me thinking about other words that quietly disappear 
from our language with hardly a notice like 'curb feelers'





                      And 'steering knobs.'  (AKA) suicide knob.





                      Since I'd been thinking of cars, my mind naturally went 
that direction first. Any kids will probably have to find some elderly person 
over 50 to explain some of these terms to you.

                      Remember 'Continental kits?'




                      They were rear bumper extenders and spare tire covers 
that were supposed to make any car as cool as a Lincoln Continental.
                      When did we quit calling them 'emergency brakes?'




                      At some point 'parking brake' became the proper term.  
But I miss the hint of drama that went with 'emergency brake.'

                      I'm sad, too, that almost all the old folks are gone who 
would call the accelerator the 'foot feed.'




                      Didn't you ever wait at the street for your daddy to come 
home, so you could ride the 'running board' up to the house?




                      Here's a phrase I heard all the time in my youth but 
never anymore - 'store-bought. ' Of course, just about everything is 
store-bought these days.  But once it was bragging material to have a 
store-bought dress or a store-bought bag of candy
                                                              




                                                               




                      'Coast to coast' is a phrase that once held all sorts of 
excitement and now means almost nothing.  Now we take the term 'world wide' for 
granted.  This floors me.
                                                             




                      On a smaller scale, 'wall-to-wall' was once a magical 
term in our homes.  In the '50s, everyone covered his or her hardwood floors 
with, wow, wall-to-wall carpeting! Today, everyone replaces their wall-to-wall 
carpeting with hardwood floors.  Go figure.





                      When's the last time you heard the quaint phrase 'in a 
family way?' It's hard to imagine that the word 'pregnant' was once considered 
a little too graphic, a little too clinical for use in polite company, so we 
had all that talk about stork visits and 'being in a family way,' P.G., or 
simply 'expecting.'






                      Apparently 'brassiere' is a word no longer in usage.  I 
said it the other day and my daughter cracked up.  I guess it's just 'bra' 
now.. 'Unmentionables' probably wouldn't be understood at all.






                      I always loved! going to the 'picture show,' but I 
considered 'movie' an affectation.





                      Most of these words go back to the '50s, but here's a 
pure-'60s word I came across the other day - 'rat fink.'  Ooh, what a nasty 
put-down!





                      Here's a word I miss - 'percolator. '  That was just a 
fun word to say.  And what was it replaced with?  'Coffee maker.'  How dull.    
 Mr. Coffee, I blame you for this.






                      I miss those made-up marketing words that were meant to 
sound so modern and now sound so retro.  Words like 'DynaFlow' and 'Electrolux. 
'  Introducing the 1963 Admiral TV, now with 'SpectraVision! '
                           



                           





                      Food for thought - Was there a telethon that wiped out 
lumbago? Nobody complains of that anymore..  Maybe that's what castor oil 
cured, because I never hear mothers threatening kids with castor oil anymore.




                      Some words aren't gone, but are definitely on the 
endangered list. The one that grieves me most, 'supper.'  Now everybody says 
'dinner.' Save a great word. Invite someone to supper. Discuss fender skirts.






                      Someone forwarded this to me and I thought that some of 
us that were a 'certain age' would remember most of these.






                      Just for fun, pass it along to others of 'a certain age'!


                     






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