Words that have changed their meanings

"heavy" which used to mean something weighed a lot. Now as far as I can gather can be used for all sorts of things
Don't get heavy on me- meaning serious
He's being really heavy on me- meaning strict

Lame- which used to be a bad leg/foot
Now means weak, feeble or even unfashionable/not up to date
That's a lame excuse
She's a bit lame

Perhaps it would be easier to change the name of Cleland's classic to Franny Hill, just as Tom Stoppard suggested it might be simpler for Harold Pinter to change his name to Comedy, given the complexities of renaming the West End theatre in his honour.

Oh, is that an amalgamation?

Twunt?

Before Bad Mother's Club shuffled off it's ethereal coil, a word often used on there was Tee,Doubleyou,you,en,tee.

I jokingly called DGS 'faggot face' and was told I could not say that any more as it is a rude name to call a 'gay' person........ which in turn used to mean a happy person........I give up!

And the BBC has decided to change the name of 'Titty Walker' to 'Tatty Walker' for their new production of Swallows and Amazons...

(although to be fair I can see their point!)

The silliest one I know is for the characters in Enid Blyton's Faraway Tree books - Dick and Fanny have been changed to Rick and Franny

And spunky meaning brave has an obvious connection with the noun's other meaning. Like having the b***s to do something or doing something b***sy.

Are the two meanings of twat linked in some way? A man may call another a stupid c**t, and the sense is tautologous meaning daft, not meaning anything to do with sex. I don't like the idea of the link very much, but there seems to be one.

Round here twat used to mean idiot - and spunk meant courage, backbone. But not apparently any longer. I have to be really careful!

I've always associated the "c" word and "t" word as meaning the same thing.

Kindle changed twat to that

That is an idiot in these parts. I've never associated it with the 'c' word.

Fit means attractive not physically healthy

Guys now means people in general - women included.

It means the 'c' word here too but isn't as frowned upon.

Oh dear!
I used to use it quite happily until a couple of years ago!

soontobe, it must depend on where you live. Twat was always one of those 'forbidden' words when I was young, as it meant the same as the 'c' word.

Satisfactory used to me as good as it should be. Now, at least it education, it means 'in need of improvement'.

Twat used to mean twit. Now it seems to mean something worse, but not sure what exactly.

Wicked now means great.

It used to be that "inflammable" meant capable of bursting into flames (becoming inflamed) and its opposite was "uninflammable".
Now I gather that "capable of bursting into flames" is flammable, with inflammable its opposite!

Sick - now means good, great. Sad - means pathetic.