Words you don’t hear much these days
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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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wrote on 8 Dec 2024, 14:47 last edited by
Knockers
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wrote on 8 Dec 2024, 14:58 last edited by
Knickers, while we’re at it.
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wrote on 8 Dec 2024, 15:22 last edited by
Chiapet
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wrote on 8 Dec 2024, 23:23 last edited by
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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wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 05:01 last edited by
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.
Rapscallion
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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.
Rapscallion
wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 11:02 last edited by@AndyD said in Words you don’t hear much these days:
London rhyming slang and many localised words are less used and vanishing it seems.
Oh no! That would be unfortunate!
I used to use the word “swank,” well more often “swanky,” rather frequently…. Like maybe when I was a college student?? These days it’s more like to be “fancy.”
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wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 11:02 last edited by
Back to the task at hand:
Peachy.
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wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 14:38 last edited by
Muddle
(though "muddle through" is heard & sung frequently at Chistmas)
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wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 14:43 last edited by wtg 12 Sept 2024, 14:44
@AndyD - That's a word I use at least once a year, on the first Saturday in May.
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wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 14:53 last edited by
Muddle is actually the correct term for mashing and mixing. It’s standard barkeeper’s usage.
