"broad in the beam"
"the old cookie duster"
"going to the submarine races"
My daughter laughed herself silly over them and swears I am making them up but I'm not!!
2006-08-23 04:27:27 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
broad in beam - a/k/a junk in trunk
old cookie duster - moustache
submarine races - going parking or marking out
2006-08-23 05:00:13 · update #1
Broad in the beam is referring to a young lady's behind. It means that the girl has a bigger bum or wide hips (or both).
I've never heard of the old cookie duster.
Going to the submarine races is a euphemism for when people go to "park". We used to say that or that we were going whale watching. I live in inland Canada so whale watching or submarine races were impossible. When you said that, everyone knew exactly what you were really going to do.
You can tell your daughter that I am proof that you aren't nuts and that you're not making that stuff up!
2006-08-23 04:32:25 · answer #1 · answered by Shopgirl9337 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've heard of "going to a submarine race" and I know what a "cookie duster" is... (too funny!!) But the other phrase isn't familiar to me...sorry
2006-08-23 11:31:25 · answer #2 · answered by lil_rowdy1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was a teenager, it was a joke - "They went down to the boat dock to watch the submarine races." I was a good girl; I never went!
2006-08-23 11:49:00 · answer #3 · answered by Bowllynn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I haven't heard the phrases before, but that does not mean that you are making them up. There are so many silly phrases in the English language that are regional, but becomming more widespread via travel and the internet. Could you please broaden my mind by sharing the meanings of these phrases?
2006-08-23 11:40:30 · answer #4 · answered by not_prfikt 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am familiar with "broad in the beam" - but where I grew up people would say that you are looking "thick". And they don't mean "stupid".
2006-08-23 13:38:23 · answer #5 · answered by Rose 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, sorry.
2006-08-23 11:29:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So then, where did you get them?
2006-08-23 11:39:10 · answer #7 · answered by Gothic Martha™ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
never heard of them sorry!
2006-08-23 11:32:20 · answer #8 · answered by Rated R Diva ♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no but they do sound kind of funny!
2006-08-23 11:30:02 · answer #9 · answered by ~*Star*~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
never heard of this~
2006-08-23 11:29:31 · answer #10 · answered by Lucid_dreams 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋