Words we don't use any more

Grizzling for crying.

“Britches” for knickers.
“Jitty” for the alley between houses.
“Slormed-up” - badly applied makeup.

Bathers for swimming costume

I’ve just bought a card for a good friend which says “Friendships must be built on a solid foundation of inappropriateness, alcohol, sarcasm and shenanigans”.
I love the word “shenanigans”, describes what we used to get up to down to a T 😄.

Pantry and petticoat 😃

Aerodrome
I loved snollygoster.

MickyD

Great Scott!
Good grief!
Pantry
Scullery
Motor car
Slacks
Frock
Stockinged feet
My grandparents used these.

Oh dear I'm often heard declaring "Good grief" and I do like a nice summer frock.

I'm beyond saving

Blousey !!! A brash woman

Rocketstop2

Blousey !!! A brash woman

I always understood the word to be "blowsy" and that it means showy but past its prime, like an overblown rose.🤷‍♀️

Chiropodists seem to be known as podiatrists now

Air hostesses and stewardesses are now flight attendants

A chaotic situation was “like Fred Karno’s circus”
Or if a place was busy it was “like Piccadilly Circus in here”
Lots of lights left on meant it was”like Blackpool illuminations”

Its like wookey hole in here (if there was a speck out of place)

Moth62

A chaotic situation was “like Fred Karno’s circus”
Or if a place was busy it was “like Piccadilly Circus in here”
Lots of lights left on meant it was”like Blackpool illuminations”

Lots of lights left on for Londoners was always 'like Crystal Palace' which is strange as it burned down in 1936, so most people had no memory of it, it being in a state of disrepair for years before that..

Casey's court was the saying for chaos in our house.

As black as Newgits knocker for something dirty - usually my neck because i had a tide mark round where I'd not washed it properly.

A tide mark! I’d forgotten about those! Along with “you could grow potatoes behind your ears”

Yep! Spuds.

MissAdventure

Casey's court was the saying for chaos in our house.

Yes! that was another of my mum's numerous sayings

There was the name of a removal company that was used, too, but i can't remember it now.

Doodledog

MissAdventure

Casey's court was the saying for chaos in our house.

Yes! that was another of my mum's numerous sayings

Yes my mum said that too, and say it quietly so do I 😂

I wonder where it comes from, off for a google.

Well that's a surprise I always thought of the 'court' as being the legal variety.

"Casey's Court" originated as a popular British music hall, comedy, and circus act created by Will Murray around 1900, running until the 1950s. It was a chaotic "gang show" featuring children, with Murray playing "Mrs. Casey," and it served as a starting point for famous stars, including Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel.

Oh, I'd never thought to look it up.
Thank you.

ROMILO

Words that my Grandmother used.
Ginnel -any narrow passageway outside.
Smashed to smithereens - anything that got broken.
Threepenny bit- something you were given to spend if you were good. Sixpenny bit if you were very good.
In her last years if she was under the weather (there's another one I still use) she would eat ' pobs' if I remember this was bread and butter squares in hot milk!

Threepenny bit- something you were given to spend if you were good. Sixpenny bit if you were very good.

Two and sixpence aka half a crown. That was a week's pocket money.
Sometimes my dear Great-uncle would give me two bob (two shillings) and sometimes I got a ten bob note in a birthday card!

Pantry I would love to have a pantry, MickyD!

I say plonker too and gallivanting (not so much now though).

Scribbles

Rocketstop2

Blousey !!! A brash woman

I always understood the word to be "blowsy" and that it means showy but past its prime, like an overblown rose.🤷‍♀️

That’s what I thought too.

Liberty Hall