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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.
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.
I usually say “amongst our weaponry”
IYKYK…
niggardly
Does anyone use “kerfuffle?” Mr. AM once wrote that on my sheet music at a particularly perilous passage.
@AdagioM said in Words you don’t hear much these days:
I see (and hear) kerfuffle often in the media.
Malarkey
Yes to kerfuffle (occasionally) and also brouhaha when things are more disruptive
Kerfuffle, brouhaha and malarkey are all great words!!
Tommyrot!
Balderdash!
These are both great!
Twaddle!
Phooey. Or, if you're Nero Wolfe, pfui.
I actually use phooey a fair amount.
@Axtremus said in Words you don’t hear much these days:
But for Biden it would have been decades since I heard it.
Defenestrate
Fastidious
Overmorrow
Garrulous.
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)
Defenestrate seems to be more in the news in Russia than anywhere else.
