Nose out of joint

• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  Has anyone not heard of this expression? I used it today and a co-worker asked me wtf I meant by that. I assumed it was pretty standard, but maybe it's local? I dunno.
  
  What say you.
• TBone14

  

  I've never heard it.
• Laley23

  

  Wtf does that mean?
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  lol I guess that answers that
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  Laley23;1809914 wrote:Wtf does that mean?

  
  http://www.dictionary.com/browse/nose-out-of-joint--have-one-s
• queencitybuckeye

  More generational than geographical, I think. Heard it growing up, but don't recall hearing it since.
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  queencitybuckeye;1809917 wrote:More generational than geographical, I think. Heard it growing up, but don't recall hearing it since.

  Could be. The guy I said it to is a couple years older than me though.
• Heretic

  

  Never heard of it until this very moment.
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  guess I have an old soul.
• CenterBHSFan

  

  I've heard it before. That and "got your ass up"
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  CenterBHSFan;1809923 wrote:I've heard it before. That and "got your ass up"

  never heard that one.
• Fab4Runner

  

  Never heard of it.
• thavoice

  Yeah, I heard of it. Were you sitting on the davenport when you said it or were you at the soda shop talking around the water cooler about the sock-hop dance coming up this weekend?
  
  
  
  Just means you are getting old

  ZWICK 4 PREZ;1809915 wrote:lol I guess that answers that

• sleeper

  

  I've heard poor people use it.
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  sleeper;1809930 wrote:I've heard poor people use it.

  Well you are from Marion.. so.. makes sense.
• Iliketurtles

  

  CenterBHSFan;1809923 wrote:I've heard it before. That and "got your ass up"

  Never heard of Zwick's or this one.
• vball10set

  ZWICK 4 PREZ;1809911 wrote:Has anyone not heard of this expression? I used it today and a co-worker asked me wtf I meant by that. I assumed it was pretty standard, but maybe it's local? I dunno.
  
  What say you.

  yes
  

  CenterBHSFan;1809923 wrote:I've heard it before. That and "got your ass up"

  no
• FatHobbit

  

  I've heard of having you nose out of joint
• Wally

  Yep-wife has her nose out of joint occasionally.
• thavoice

  Wally;1809938 wrote:Yep-wife has her nose out of joint occasionally.

  I bet when that happens your day starts to go really catawampus.
• Zunardo

  Whippersnappers, all of you.
  
  I guess it's fallen out of use so much, none of the youngsters learn to suss out its meaning, or at least know how and when to use it in conversation and writing to add a little spice to their communication. And I am officially old.
  
  I've never looked it up where it came from, but from the context in which I've always heard or read it, I assumed it had to do with being insulted so much, it shows on your face.
• QuakerOats

  We said it a lot back in the day.
• friendfromlowry

  I thought this was going to be a thread about a dislocated nose
• Ironman92

  

  Heard it some growing up but not in 15-20 years.
• Fab4Runner

  

  sleeper;1809930 wrote:I've heard poor people use it.

  Is this a running joke I don't know about? Because sleeper isn't from Marion.