Ol' kid...

Posted by Baceseras on October 02, 2009 at 14:46

In Reply to: Ol' kid... posted by Smokey Stover on October 01, 2009 at 17:03:

: : My dad used to say "ol kid ol sock o bean" as well. We said it too. How are you ol kid ol sock o bean? But I never knew what it meant besides a term of endearment...
: : How about "you old bumpershoot"

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: There is a discussion of "old kid, old sock, old bean" in the Archive, from 2005. Go to:

: www.phrases.org.uk bulletin_board 42 messages 444.html

: As for "you old bumbershoot," I don't know why anyone would call a friend an "old umbrella" (bumbershoot).
: SS

["old bumpershoot" - maybe rhyming slang for "old boot," from "old beaut[y]," as a general term of endearment. -Bac.]