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Words you don’t hear much these days

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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
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          #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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                          #59

                          @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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                            @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
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                              @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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                                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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                                  Bagatelle

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                                  • AndyDA
                                    AndyDA
                                    AndyD
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                                    Golly
                                    Gollygosh

                                    Ventosa viri restabit

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                                    • ShiroKuroS
                                      ShiroKuroS
                                      ShiroKuro
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                                      I don’t know if it’s the people I’m around, but I feel like people are saying “oh my god” a lot less, and “oh my gosh” a lot more. (Myself included)

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                                        Steve Miller
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                                        Jeepers!

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                                        • AndyDA
                                          AndyDA
                                          AndyD
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                                          Unctuous

                                          Ventosa viri restabit

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