Words you don’t hear much these days

[Daniel]

I never say amongst nor whilst. I don't know why. All I know is I don't use them and it would be too late to start now.

[Daniel]

I hear the word bemused used often and as many times as I hear it I can't remember its meaning (remember is too strong a word).

I always think of the word amused when I hear it and then draw a blank.

[ShiroKuro]

I usually say “amongst our weaponry”

IYKYK…

[Piano*Dad]

niggardly

[AdagioM]

Does anyone use “kerfuffle?” Mr. AM once wrote that on my sheet music at a particularly perilous passage.

[wtg]

@AdagioM said in Words you don’t hear much these days:

Does anyone use “kerfuffle?” Mr. AM once wrote that on my sheet music at a particularly perilous passage.

[RealPlayer]

I see (and hear) kerfuffle often in the media.

[Axtremus]

Malarkey

[AndyD]

Yes to kerfuffle (occasionally)
and also brouhaha when things are more disruptive

[ShiroKuro]

Kerfuffle, brouhaha and malarkey are all great words!!

[Steve Miller]

Tommyrot!

[wtg]

Balderdash!

[ShiroKuro]

These are both great!

[Steve Miller]

Twaddle!

[wtg]

Phooey. Or, if you're Nero Wolfe, pfui.

[ShiroKuro]

I actually use phooey a fair amount.

[jon-nyc]

@Axtremus said in Words you don’t hear much these days:

Malarkey

But for Biden it would have been decades since I heard it.

[jon-nyc]

Defenestrate

Fastidious

Overmorrow

Garrulous.

[jon-nyc]

Another interesting thing are words, usually adjectives, that you only ever hear used with one particular noun.

It actually can a little funny to hear them used with another.

Examples, copious notes. Unbridled capitalism. (Or unfettered)

[AdagioM]

Defenestrate seems to be more in the news in Russia than anywhere else.