There are phrases we use without knowing why - like "She needs to be in the limelight." LIMElight? And just what are "cockles" as they relate to a heart? Things that made sense 200 years ago still persist beyond their common use...
Is there a phrase or term that drives you nuts because you CAN'T make sense of it? Let's see if we can help each other out, here...
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StoneMaster posted on Jan 05, 2008
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checkeredpast said on Jan 05, 2008....
So this is really something you want to "Bandy about?" -
Tappa said on Jan 05, 2008....
Limelight - I have NOT Wiki'ed this, so someone had better.. It's either...From the days of vaudeville/early stage variety shows, foot lights at front edge of stage burned lime as a component, ... or ... early flash photogoraphy burned lime.I;ll be just as interested as you,so I'm off to Wiki litnow!C U L8r -
Tappa said on Jan 05, 2008....
Hilarious! Shows how a childhood of "knowledge" can be so off! Wiki says it's a set of night clubs! LOL -
crybabylu said on Jan 06, 2008....
Can't think of one right now, but thought this was a good post. I will check back in again later. -
ALIENated said on Jan 06, 2008....
I used to hear a lot of phrases that I do not hear any more. Younger people look at you like you are crazy if you say something that they have not heard Britney or someone on MTV say it. I figure limelight sticks around because it is pretty easily understood at spotlight. In days gone by it was ... a lighting unit for spotlighting the front of the stage, producing illumination by means of a flame of mixed gases directed at a cylinder of lime and having a special lens for concentrating the light in a strong beam. That came from the dictionary. Remember that a lot of entries on Wikipedia are put there by blokes like you and me who may or may not know what they are talking about. We can only hope they get reviewed by someone.
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StoneMaster said on Jan 07, 2008....
Spare The Rod and Spoil The Child - this does NOT mean BEAT YOUR KIDS!!!! a rod was a shepard's tool for GUIDING the sheep, not beating them!!!! Without guidance, kids are spoiled.
What the hell is BANDYING?? -
StoneMaster said on Jan 09, 2008....
so that's about the "gist" of it? -
StoneMaster said on Jan 09, 2008....
What about "Over the top!" The top of what?????? -
destinydiva said on Jan 09, 2008....
cockles!!! aaww my grandad used to talk about them! I just like eating them :-) but cockles were a romantic gift at some point....think that maybe an english/irish thing...like walking hand in hand with your lover 6 zillion years ago along the promenade....and these days a guy buys you a kebab on the way home from a club...well in those days, it was a carton of cockles after a night out ballroom dancin :-) !!!! awww the depths of true love :-) xx
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StoneMaster said on Jan 12, 2008....
I figured it would take someone from Ye Olde Country to decipher the cockles mystery. Shades of Sherlock. -
destinydiva said on Jan 13, 2008....
aaw thanks destiny.....your welcome stone master :-) -
Dreamknightx said on Jan 14, 2008....
but why are we either "Living it up" or we have to "Live it down?" -
Tappa said on Jan 15, 2008....
Alienated- THANK YOU I'm not so off after all! Heheh!And have you ever found yourself "Up the boo-igh"? Or "Right up the boo-igh"?That's "Boo" and " I "Will offer translation next time i'm on, as the spelling is a guess and it's the sound of it. You'll either know or not, is all. -
checkeredpast said on Jan 18, 2008....
all of this really GETS MY GOAT!!?????????? -
StoneMaster said on Jan 18, 2008....
well shiver me timbers.... -
celestialspace2001 said on Jan 25, 2008....
That would be a hoot... -
RollingC said on Feb 17, 2008....
When did give a hoot give in to give a shit ?
I seem to remember being gay was just another expression for being happy but look at what it evolved into. I don't recognize today's expressions so that means I'm either an old geezer or totally out of the " new " trends.... like it's a ' bomb' for being good (?).
Rc
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StoneMaster said on Feb 17, 2008....
holey moley
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