That Don't Make No Sense

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Yesterday, in one of my responses, I typed a phrase that I have not used in years. I sat there and looked at it, wondering where it came from. I mean, I knew I did it, I just wondered where the phrase came from, how it started. Then, I started thinking about all the phrases or words I grew up hearing, and wondering how they got started, and what people in different parts of the country say that some of us may find odd. The phrase I used was Sure as Shootin. I know what this means, but how did it come to be used this way? When I was younger, I was always saying to my little brothers, Boy, you're just eat plumb up with the dumba$$! Or, Boy, did your mama beat you with the dumb stick? And, any Texan can tell you, there is a difference in fixin and fixing. If we are "fixin ta do somethin", we are going to, or are getting ready to do something. Fixing is what you do to fences, screen doors, a flat tire, etc. Ha! Bettcha didn't know that, didja? Now, I would like to hear from ya'll. Tell me some of the words or phrases that you grew up hearing that just "don't make no sense", now that you are grown. Do you still use any of them?