I made neighbor Amy repeat the phrase the first time she said it. Then she explained, “You use it when you’re threatening a child.”
Yes, we’re probably showing the age we grew up in. It was perfectly acceptable for a parent to tell a child what was going to happen to him if he didn’t straighten up and fly right. Although I grew up in the South, I hadn’t heard this one before.
The threat was, “I’m gonna jerk a knot in you.”
Amy said, “You have to say it through clenched teeth with a mean twist to your voice like this. If you don’t pick that up right now, I’m gonna jerk a knot in you.”
I laughed and laughed. I can’t imagine those words coming out of my mouth. They might be quite effective if there were no PC police around. Have you ever heard it in real life?
Mehrling Muse 
I have never heard that one. How funny!
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I’ve never heard it but I’m going to use it now..:)
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I’ve not heard that one. My mom always said “your crusin’ for a brusin'” but that was during the Happy Days era
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Never heard this either! It does sound wonderfully menacing.
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I wish you could have heard Amy say it.
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I said it for my sister just yesterday. We agreed that it was the sort of thing our own non-Southern mother would have said had she known it. I’m glad she didn’t!
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