Add to ORKGtalk vMy mother told me of a peculiar expression that her mother had for what we now call "going with some- body" or "going steady." If a fellow was going with a girl for a year or so my grandmother would say that he was "talking to her" for a year or so now. This was used by several people of my grandmother's generation.DNE-cit JH 6/75Used I and SupNot usedUsed
whistThis is a very old word, used by the older generation of my community to mean "keep quiet". I...
rompse vrampsing: This term was always used by my parents when tw...
be vEvery time he'd come to the house they'd be at 'im. The girls used to always be at me about it...
talk v"talking to each other" - meaning going steadyJH 3/72Used I and SupNot usedNot use
talk v"They're talkin'". This means that a particular couple is"going steady" - they like each ot...
goAn' then they go in an' they start to_ the music an' they start to dance. An' everybody cuttin' he...
talk v"Jack is talking to Mary since the month of May" - seriously courting.DNE-cit JH 12/70JH 12...
gogoingsins: people who make a lot of noise. My mother calls this _goingons_.APR 1973 W. J. KIRWINJ...
gammettFolk Language - "gettin on with your _gametts_". My uncle told me that grandfather used to s...
goI know all about it. I know the goin' ons. I'm watchin' from seventy five year, goin' seventy five...
Steady nA couple going out together for any length of time were referred to as "going study".MAY 19...
broad a....well they had kind of a ol'_ kind of some ol' broad talk,you know. Now when we'd _what ...
A thing-a-ma-bobThis expression is used when referring to something when the objects name escapes y...
some intensSome far back. This is a saying which denotes that a thing or person is old or that thei...
steady a"Be Steady" My grandfather always used these words when he meant for me to be quiet. It ...
whistThis is a very old word, used by the older generation of my community to mean "keep quiet". I...
rompse vrampsing: This term was always used by my parents when tw...
be vEvery time he'd come to the house they'd be at 'im. The girls used to always be at me about it...
talk v"talking to each other" - meaning going steadyJH 3/72Used I and SupNot usedNot use
talk v"They're talkin'". This means that a particular couple is"going steady" - they like each ot...
goAn' then they go in an' they start to_ the music an' they start to dance. An' everybody cuttin' he...
talk v"Jack is talking to Mary since the month of May" - seriously courting.DNE-cit JH 12/70JH 12...
gogoingsins: people who make a lot of noise. My mother calls this _goingons_.APR 1973 W. J. KIRWINJ...
gammettFolk Language - "gettin on with your _gametts_". My uncle told me that grandfather used to s...
goI know all about it. I know the goin' ons. I'm watchin' from seventy five year, goin' seventy five...
Steady nA couple going out together for any length of time were referred to as "going study".MAY 19...
broad a....well they had kind of a ol'_ kind of some ol' broad talk,you know. Now when we'd _what ...
A thing-a-ma-bobThis expression is used when referring to something when the objects name escapes y...
some intensSome far back. This is a saying which denotes that a thing or person is old or that thei...
steady a"Be Steady" My grandfather always used these words when he meant for me to be quiet. It ...
whistThis is a very old word, used by the older generation of my community to mean "keep quiet". I...
rompse vrampsing: This term was always used by my parents when tw...
be vEvery time he'd come to the house they'd be at 'im. The girls used to always be at me about it...