Words you don’t hear much these days
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wrote on 7 Dec 2024, 03:28 last edited by
I’ll start:
Davenport
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Percolator
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wrote on 7 Dec 2024, 03:54 last edited by
Cassette tape
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wrote on 7 Dec 2024, 05:07 last edited by
Actually, cassette tapes are making a small comeback.
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wrote on 7 Dec 2024, 06:08 last edited by
Gusset
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wrote on 7 Dec 2024, 07:44 last edited by
Salad days.
Learned in HS and never heard used IRL.
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wrote on 7 Dec 2024, 14:33 last edited by
Chiffarobe
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wrote on 8 Dec 2024, 07:23 last edited by
As a child it was a word seen describing the reinforced area of ladies knickers (and has a rather amusing sound)
Coincidentally I had a chiffarobe in my bedroom, a new term for me, as we simply called it my wardrobe.
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wrote on 8 Dec 2024, 11:32 last edited by
@Daniel said in Words you don’t hear much these days:
Salad days.
Learned in HS and never heard used IRL.
I always thought “salad days” was the weirdest term, and like Daniel, I don’t know that I’ve heard it used in IRL. So I just googled it now, and I have to confess, if I ever knew that it comes from Shakespeare, I had forgotten.
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wrote on 8 Dec 2024, 13:50 last edited by
Flivver
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Knockers
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Knickers, while we’re at it.
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Chiapet
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Covfefe. Although I'm guessing that'll be making a comeback in about 6 weeks.
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I’ll start:
Davenport
wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 01:30 last edited by@Steve-Miller and also, Chesterfield
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wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 04:33 last edited by
I’ll see your Chesterfield and raise you a divan!
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Swank
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wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 06:15 last edited by
Oh! I like swank!
Andy will wonder but we don’t use it much here -Posh!
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wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 06:27 last edited by
Posh very commonly used here (often together with the ubiquitous Becks). Chesterfield and divan are standard words in shops.
London rhyming slang and many localised words are less used and vanishing it seems. Probably due to the Internet and globalisation.
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