What in tarnation is happening?
As a cowboy, I must admit that I’m a bit forlorn about the state of affairs today.
In speaking with a friend this week, we both lamented the fact that many colorful words of the past are no longer in use.
I mean when was the last time you used the word ‘reckon’ or ‘skedaddle’….or ‘hornswoggle’?
‘I think this’ or that is pretty lame, don’t ya think? A toothpick married with ‘I reckon’ is way better.
Year by year, these saucy words slip away like the dust kicked up from an 1843 stagecoach.
Maybe we can do our part and try to resurrect them.
I’ll put a few in sentences so you have something to work with.
A noted football analyst was recently put in the ‘hoosegow’…jail.
What in ‘tarnation’ has happened to the Broncos offense?…non curse exclamation of surprise.
This midterm election season has been infected by a proliferation of ‘hooey’. nonsense/bs
Methinks I’ll stay with ‘wonky’ to describe inefficient overhead smashes as ‘catawampous’ might be I bit much. Crooked, askew, or cockeyed
When teaching etiquette to young tennis players, ‘are you sure of your call’ surely is better than ‘you hornswaggled me,’ you rapscallion!’ Cheated. Scoundrel
Let’s do our part to keep The Old West alive.
Please be tolerant if my drills are now punctuated by ‘Yeehaw’ which could catch on and someday replace ‘Vamos’ by Alcaraz and others.
Who knows, if this gets some traction in pro tennis, maybe Osaka will enter the arena on a horse like Annie Oakley instead of the current hooey outfits.
Gee willikers…didn’t Boo Weekley straddle his driver and gallop off of the first tee at The 2008 Ryder Cup? So, there’s a chance that the PGA tour can join in this endeavor.
Dagnabbit….aren’t X Games athletes decked out in great cowboy hats after events?
You betcha podner, they can insist that all contestants are duly attired in all off slope functions to further preserve our great Western heritage.
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