Local sayings, now in the time of COVID19 :(

[RealAvalon]

What phrases do you use, that other people just … wonder about?

 

I've always like: "slick as goose shit on marble"

[+ azdr0710]

though not particularly local (within the US) or wonder-inducing, I've always liked, "slower than molasses in January"

 

[instudiocity]

Slicker than greased owl doodoo

[Beancounter]

Worthless as tits on a boar!

 

As exciting as a turd in a punch bowl at a boring party.

[beachboy]

As useful as a chocolate tea pot

[RealAvalon]

Skookum

It means powerful (could be a person, a set of rapids or a tide) from the west coast trading language of Chinook, but used by local west coasters all the time. Helps sort out the newbies (we're crawling with them) and the "old-timers"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skookum

Edited August 2, 2019 by RealAvalon

[+ azdr0710]

the Schuylkill Expressway in Philadelphia has been known as the Surekill Crawlway for decades.....

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Edited August 2, 2019 by azdr0710

[rvwnsd]

Two popular phrases one hears almost exclusively in Chicago are "come with" and "go with." Used in a sentence:

 

"Hey, kids, I'm going to Jewel's. You want to come with?"

"He left already." "Dammit, I wanted to go with."

[mike carey]

As useful as a chocolate tea pot

One of my favourites, although I've usually said, 'as much use as ...'.

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

Two popular phrases one hears almost exclusively in Chicago are "come with" and "go with." Used in a sentence:

 

"Hey, kids, I'm going to Jewel's. You want to come with?"

"He left already." "Dammit, I wanted to go with."

 

Do Dominicks and Osco still exist in large quantities?

 

(Native Chicagoan here who misses his old regional chains)

[+ poolboy48220]

not at all a local saying, but I've occasionally said "as busy as a witch with three holes in her spacesuit and only two patches". Stolen from John Varley's "Wizard" (or maybe "Demon"). It's rare that someone understands what I mean when I say that :-)

[JayCeeKy]

Blue

 

What it means everywhere else: The color of the sky, or how you describe your mood when you’re feeling a little down.

What it means in Kentucky: The color every University of Kentucky Wildcats fan bleeds.

[+ azdr0710]

Do Dominicks and Osco still exist in large quantities?

 

(Native Chicagoan here who misses his old regional chains)

 

now, Benjamin.....you know that "google is your friend"......

 

https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-dominicks-south-shore-shop-and-save-20190212-story.html

 

Osco Drug and Sav-on Drugs were the names of a pair of chain pharmacies that operated in the United States. Osco Drug was founded by the Skaggs family. Alpha Beta grocery store was purchased by American Stores in 1961. Skaggs Drug Centers bought American Stores in 1979 and assumed the American Stores name. Sav-on Drugs was a California-based pharmacy chain that was acquired by Osco's parent company in 1980. Both Osco and Sav-on stores eventually came under the ownership of American Stores, then Albertsons, and finally SuperValu before the stores were sold off.

The Osco and Sav-on brands survive today as brandings for in-store pharmacies in the Albertsons chain of stores. Osco pharmacies can be found in Jewel stores, which are co-branded Jewel-Osco, as well as in Shaw's and Star Markets. Sav-on pharmacies are found largely in Acme stores. Albertsons stores, depending on the market, feature either brand.

[+ oldNbusted]

now, Benjamin.....you know that "google is your friend"......

 

https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-dominicks-south-shore-shop-and-save-20190212-story.html

 

Osco Drug and Sav-on Drugs were the names of a pair of chain pharmacies that operated in the United States. Osco Drug was founded by the Skaggs family. Alpha Beta grocery store was purchased by American Stores in 1961. Skaggs Drug Centers bought American Stores in 1979 and assumed the American Stores name. Sav-on Drugs was a California-based pharmacy chain that was acquired by Osco's parent company in 1980. Both Osco and Sav-on stores eventually came under the ownership of American Stores, then Albertsons, and finally SuperValu before the stores were sold off.

The Osco and Sav-on brands survive today as brandings for in-store pharmacies in the Albertsons chain of stores. Osco pharmacies can be found in Jewel stores, which are co-branded Jewel-Osco, as well as in Shaw's and Star Markets. Sav-on pharmacies are found largely in Acme stores. Albertsons stores, depending on the market, feature either brand.

 

 

How about a little B&D on the QT at the A&P?

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

now, Benjamin.....you know that "google is your friend"......

 

https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-dominicks-south-shore-shop-and-save-20190212-story.html

 

Osco Drug and Sav-on Drugs were the names of a pair of chain pharmacies that operated in the United States. Osco Drug was founded by the Skaggs family. Alpha Beta grocery store was purchased by American Stores in 1961. Skaggs Drug Centers bought American Stores in 1979 and assumed the American Stores name. Sav-on Drugs was a California-based pharmacy chain that was acquired by Osco's parent company in 1980. Both Osco and Sav-on stores eventually came under the ownership of American Stores, then Albertsons, and finally SuperValu before the stores were sold off.

The Osco and Sav-on brands survive today as brandings for in-store pharmacies in the Albertsons chain of stores. Osco pharmacies can be found in Jewel stores, which are co-branded Jewel-Osco, as well as in Shaw's and Star Markets. Sav-on pharmacies are found largely in Acme stores. Albertsons stores, depending on the market, feature either brand.

 

I was asking the Chicagoan. Pipe down Old Timer

 

But seriously... Good intel and btw, what's Google?

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

How about a little B&D on the QT at the A&P?

 

I assume that's in the same realm as some TLC for the PYT?

 

[+ oldNbusted]

I assume that's in the same realm as some TLC for the PYT?

 

 

 

Ha ha, not going there!

[Beancounter]

In honor of @marylander1940 this thread would not be complete without mentioning “yinz”. Do yinz agree?

[marylander1940]

In honor of @marylander1940 this thread would not be complete without mentioning “yinz”. Do yinz agree?

 

[prof]

Dominik's's"Benjamin_Nicholas, post: 1762147, member: 4070"]Do Dominicks and Osco still exist in large quantities?

 

(Native Chicagoan here who misses his old regional chains)

Dominick's went out of business a few yrs ago, surprising after yrs of being one of the dominant chains.

[rvwnsd]

now, Benjamin.....you know that "google is your friend"......

 

https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-dominicks-south-shore-shop-and-save-20190212-story.html

 

Osco Drug and Sav-on Drugs were the names of a pair of chain pharmacies that operated in the United States. Osco Drug was founded by the Skaggs family. Alpha Beta grocery store was purchased by American Stores in 1961. Skaggs Drug Centers bought American Stores in 1979 and assumed the American Stores name. Sav-on Drugs was a California-based pharmacy chain that was acquired by Osco's parent company in 1980. Both Osco and Sav-on stores eventually came under the ownership of American Stores, then Albertsons, and finally SuperValu before the stores were sold off.

The Osco and Sav-on brands survive today as brandings for in-store pharmacies in the Albertsons chain of stores. Osco pharmacies can be found in Jewel stores, which are co-branded Jewel-Osco, as well as in Shaw's and Star Markets. Sav-on pharmacies are found largely in Acme stores. Albertsons stores, depending on the market, feature either brand.

 

The wikipedia article leaves out a few minor details, such as Osco was a relatively small chain until it was purchased by The Jewel Companies in the 1960s. Jewel took their supermarkets and paired them with Osco drug stores and created some of the first (if not first) combination food and drug stores, called Jewel-Osco. (Skaggs-Alpha Beta stores sprung up in the 1970's after Skaggs ended its partnership with Alberstons.). Most stores constructed after the mid-1960's were Jewel-Osco combo stores and I can't think of any Jewels built after 1970 that weren't. Meanwhile, Acme and California Alpha-Betas were typical supermarkets. Jewel bough SavOn in 1980

 

Skaggs' American Stores Company (the name of Acme's and Alpha-Beta's parent, which Skaggs adopted after buying those two chains) wanted Osco back and Jewel would not sell it. So, a friendly merger was launched. Then, the merger turned into a hostile takeover. In the end. American Stores acquired Jewel and along with it Osco, SavOn, Eisner (downstate Illinois and Indiana), Buttrrey (Mountain states), StarMarket (Massachusetts), and JewelT (similar to an Aldi). To pay down the massive debt taken on to do the deal, Buttrey, Star, and non-Illinois Eisner stores were all sold. Skaggs and SavOn were re-named Osco. Ultimately, SavOn was changed back because Osco did not resonate with Californians.

 

Ask the ex-pat Chicagoan, indeed.

[JayCeeKy]

If you've ever traveled on I-75 just south of Cincinnati in Florence, KY, you've seen this:

 

http://apps.sos.ky.gov/maps/userpics/FlorenceYall.jpg

 

Plural of Y'ALL ------> ALL of Y'ALL

[Beancounter]

An old Iowa saying.....it’s colder than a witches tit in a brass bra.

[+ bashful]

As a transplant to Chicago 30 years ago...

 

I heard, and I still say today "I'm going to the Jewel".

 

If someone needs a couple of bucks, "can you borrow me 10 bucks"

 

I miss Dominick's, and now, Carson's.

[+ bashful]

I'm going to Jewel's.

 

I think it depends on where you lived. I worked with a woman a few years ago who said Jewels