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Words you don’t hear much these days

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  • AdagioMA AdagioM

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

    wtgW
    wtgW
    wtg
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    #44

    @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.

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      RealPlayer
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      #45

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

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      • AxtremusA
        AxtremusA
        Axtremus
        wrote on last edited by
        #46

        Malarkey

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        • AndyDA
          AndyDA
          AndyD
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          #47

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

          Ventosa viri restabit

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          • ShiroKuroS
            ShiroKuroS
            ShiroKuro
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            #48

            Kerfuffle, brouhaha and malarkey are all great words!!

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              Steve Miller
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              #49

              Tommyrot!

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              • wtgW
                wtgW
                wtg
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                #50

                Balderdash!

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                • ShiroKuroS
                  ShiroKuroS
                  ShiroKuro
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #51

                  These are both great!

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                    Steve Miller
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                    #52

                    Twaddle!

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                    • wtgW
                      wtgW
                      wtg
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                      #53

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

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                      • ShiroKuroS
                        ShiroKuroS
                        ShiroKuro
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                        #54

                        I actually use phooey a fair amount.

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                        • AxtremusA Axtremus

                          Malarkey

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                          jon-nyc
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                          #55

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

                          Malarkey

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

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                            jon-nyc
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                            #56

                            Defenestrate

                            Fastidious

                            Overmorrow

                            Garrulous.

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                              jon-nyc
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                              #57

                              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)

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                              • AdagioMA
                                AdagioMA
                                AdagioM
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                                #58

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

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                                • MikM Mik

                                  Chiapet

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

                                  Chiapet

                                  Speak of the devil. Saw the first commercial today.

                                  “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
                                  ― Douglas Adams

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                                  • AdagioMA AdagioM

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

                                    AndyDA
                                    AndyDA
                                    AndyD
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                                    #60

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

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

                                    And transfenestrate

                                    Ventosa viri restabit

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                                    • J 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)

                                      dolmansaxlilD
                                      dolmansaxlilD
                                      dolmansaxlil
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #61

                                      @jon-nyc said in Words you don’t hear much these days:

                                      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)

                                      I use both of these but with other word pairings. Copious quantities of… and Unbridled optimism or Unbridled joy. Though I’m not sure I use unbridled in any other way.

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                                      • Piano*DadP
                                        Piano*DadP
                                        Piano*Dad
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                                        #62

                                        or in the case of the Trump family and friends, unbridled greed!

                                        Crazy economist who likes to write about higher education.

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                                          RealPlayer
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