Heart Attack Kids
attrib.— «“No Worries’ would be a different team from the “Heart Attack Kids” team of two years ago that was known for its comebacks.» —“Black Determined Not to Be 2nd-Best Again” by Allen Plyler Chicago Sun-Times Aug. 23, 1994. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Aubrey in Waco, Texas, says her mother used to warn the kids against contracting honkus of the bonkus, a fanciful name for a contagious disease. This colloquial term probably comes from the words bonk and konk, meaning “to hit” or...
Lucy in Louisa, Virginia, recalls that if her mother was exasperated when the kids were misbehaving, she’d announce I’m going to put you both in a wet paper bag and see who falls out first! This is part of a complete episode.
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