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Words hardly used now

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biglouis Sun 28-Jul-24 11:24:56

Oh my giddy aunt
How very dare you
Impertinent
Above your station
Mollycoddle
Twerp
Lollygag
Dawdle
Mithered

Tuaim Sun 28-Jul-24 11:22:42

It's magic?
Fab.
Just the ticket.
You're such a card.
Right on, man.
Trendy.

JdotJ Sun 28-Jul-24 11:15:54

Discombobulated

NanKate Sun 28-Jul-24 11:09:41

The fat boy of the Remove (from Billy Bunter). I don’t think you are supposed to say ‘fat’ now 😏

Oreo Sun 28-Jul-24 10:05:33

Mamie

Gordon / Gawd n Bennett.

Still used in our house😁 Gawdon Bennett. Words that you don’t hear:
Tip top
Beano ( a party or bunfight)
Bunfight! ( kids tea party)
Madam ( in shops)😄

Greenfinch Sun 28-Jul-24 09:56:43

U and non-u.

Mamie Sun 28-Jul-24 09:53:03

Gordon / Gawd n Bennett.

Witzend Sun 28-Jul-24 09:48:47

Ripping!
(Mostly seen in old fiction for boys. ‘I say, Carruthers, what a ripping wheeze!’😂)

welbeck Sun 28-Jul-24 09:08:25

fetch
this is in danger of dying out.
some younger people literally do not know what it means.
so i try to keep it in circulation by using it whenever possible.
americans do not seem to use the word, surprise.
they are only shocked by everything, including pleasant or quite ordinary events.
until i realised this i used to be puzzled by some youtube titles.

Witzend Sun 28-Jul-24 09:07:06

Toodle pip! (Though still sufficiently known to feature in a crossword the other day!)

Aveline Sun 28-Jul-24 09:01:02

'By Jove'!

Lovemylife Sun 28-Jul-24 09:00:26

Blithering idiot was one of my dad’s favourites too.
Golly (golly gosh)
Hip
Whoopsadaisy

VickyB Sun 28-Jul-24 08:40:47

Witzend

Flibbertigibbet
Floozie (my favourite!)
Ragamuffin
Rapscallion
Blithering (idiot)

These.

dragonfly46 Sun 28-Jul-24 08:39:14

Fewer.

VickyB Sun 28-Jul-24 08:38:49

My father used all of these.

JackyB Sun 28-Jul-24 08:32:13

Groovy.
It's a gas.
Hunky dory

May I recommend the podcast "Something rhymes with Purple"?

It contains Gyles Brandreth who can be rather polarising so not for everyone. He and Susie Dent discuss words and their origins and try to revive near-obsolete ones.

Witzend Sun 28-Jul-24 08:27:40

Flibbertigibbet
Floozie (my favourite!)
Ragamuffin
Rapscallion
Blithering (idiot)

yggdrasil Sun 28-Jul-24 08:25:43

Swinging has a more precise meaning now:-)

NanKate Sun 28-Jul-24 07:33:10

I have just read that words like wazzocks and plonkers are rarely used now.

How about swinging and grotty made popular in the 1960s?