Words you don’t hear much these days
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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.
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wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 15:10 last edited by
Guess we know who the drinkers are around here....
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wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 16:34 last edited by
Chiapet? Is that even a word?
I've been known to use salad days, but I never knew it was from Shakespeare.
I'd never heard the term "bespoke" in the US, but it seems to be slowly working it's way into everyday speech here.Another word I recently used in a text was "addlepated " I just think those kinds of terms are fun!
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wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 17:31 last edited by
Virgin
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wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 18:18 last edited by Steve Miller 12 Sept 2024, 18:19
Velocipede.
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Chiapet? Is that even a word?
I've been known to use salad days, but I never knew it was from Shakespeare.
I'd never heard the term "bespoke" in the US, but it seems to be slowly working it's way into everyday speech here.Another word I recently used in a text was "addlepated " I just think those kinds of terms are fun!
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Incandescent (unfortunately)
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Amongst. Unless you’re George R. R. Martin. Although he doesn’t seem to be finishing up his Song of Ice and Fire series, so maybe he’s not using it any more, either.
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Amongst. Unless you’re George R. R. Martin. Although he doesn’t seem to be finishing up his Song of Ice and Fire series, so maybe he’s not using it any more, either.
wrote on 11 Dec 2024, 00:23 last edited by@AdagioM said in Words you don’t hear much these days:
Amongst. Unless you’re George R. R. Martin.
Or wtg.
