Feed the Need: Unspoken Lingo of the Tamagotchi Generation

[Psinter]

Withouth saying your age and without saying what generation you are from, say something that you know only kids from your generation will understand right off the bat, but younger people will not understand unless they search. I'll start

I have to feed my tamagotchi.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Insert floppy disk 4 of 12

 

[Vanadium 50]

Vaccinated with a phonograph needle.

Kids today don't know what a phonograph is. Or vaccination. :(

 

[Buzz Bloom]

I forgot to bring my ration book.

I challenge you to mumblety-peg. (corrected)

How about that let's pretend yesterday.

I can't call now - the party line is busy.

 

[Mark44]

rabbit ears (for TVs)
picture tube (also TVs)

 

[Mark44]

mumby-peg

Wikipedia has a listing for mumblety-peg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumblety-peg), with variants such as mumbley-peg, mumblepeg, mumble-the-peg, mumbledepeg or mumble-de-peg.

 

[berkeman]

This show is dumb. Do you mind getting up and changing the channel for me?

 

[DavidSnider]

Just imitate the sound of a dial-up modem.

 

[Mark44]

Proper arm signals when you're driving and turn left or right
"Use the choke when you start your car on cold mornings."
"I need to change my points."
"The radio isn't working. Take these tubes down to the A & P and test them."

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

"Get the map from the dashboard"

 

[Mondayman]

"Gotta have my pops"
"Gotta catch 'em all"
"Yadda yadda yadda"

 

[Asymptotic]

Reciting a rhyme copped from successive road signs ending with one marked 'Burma-Shave'.
"Danny scraped his leg again. Get the Mercurochrome!"
"Are they pop-tops, or do we need a churchkey?"
"Nail me with those clackers again, and you're going to need more than Mercurochrome!"
"Calling dibs on your candy stripes."

 

[Psinter]

Whoa, so many phrases that I cannot identify . I can only identify DavidSnider and Mondayman. I think we are a little synced on the same generation.

The other phrases are so well written that I would be mistifyied if someone were to start a conversation on those topics. I'd be curious as well and listen with attention like . I have not the most minimalistic idea of what a phonograph needle is. Mumblety-peg, Rabbit ears for tv's? I had controls for changing the tv channels . Cars that require other steps than cranking the keys or pressing a button to start ? I read the following: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choke_valve. I know what an intake manifold is and some other parts in that link, but had until now zero knowledge that a car could have required other steps to turn on. Calling dibs on candy stripes? I have never used a paper map on a car travel either . Floppies I used, but never required to insert more than one .

 

[epenguin]

Wireless. No I don’t mean wireless, I mean wireless. Although they are both essentially wireless.

I can remember, mynah mynah, when you would listen to A wireless or The wireless.

 

[diogenesNY]

Don't touch that dial!

Look in the icebox.

Where's the church key?

I know nothing... NOTHING!

...free house-breaking wee wee pads.

You give us 22 minutes, we'll give you the world.

I used to be disgusted, now I'm just amused. and/or That's not funny, that's sick.

What, me worry?

Do not fold, spindle or mutilate.

32767 ENDedit: Damn, I missed Asymtotic's church key reference :)

 

[OCR]

426 Hemi ... .

 

[Mark44]

"Can you lend me a dime for the phone?"

 

[Psinter]

"Can you lend me a dime for the phone?"

Oh, but we had those until I started high school. Though it didn't cost a dime. Each call was like $1 USD for 3 minutes and 25 USD cents for each additional minute.

 

[deRoy]

Kojak

 

[gmax137]

Ten dollars a lid

 

[Mark44]

Ten dollars a lid

Goes for a bit more nowadays...