Words that should be brought back
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"Gams." And I wish to be able to refer to girls I like as, "Swingin' gals!" or, better yet, "Birds."
The English language does not have a word which describes looking at a parallel perspective to wood grain.
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I love the word "Folk".
Not like, Folk music or anything, but "these folk enjoy pie."
I never hear it anymore, but I use it whenever possible.
Not like, Folk music or anything, but "these folk enjoy pie."
I never hear it anymore, but I use it whenever possible.
More Gentlemanly talk! From back when men were men and the rich were divided from the poor.
Good times.
Good times.
Tarnation.
As in, "What in the tarnation are you doing!?"
As in, "What in the tarnation are you doing!?"
It was the best of times.rabidmidget said:
"Hinky". I learned about this word while reading Stephen King, and have loved it ever since. I use it as often as possible and get weird looks for it. Just because I actually read and expand my vocabulary...
I also like it when one of my favorite talk show hosts refers to women as "dames". It sounds more classy than most other titles for a group of women, like a repeat of the old 1940s era movies.
And then there's slang-ish words that I use, like "fash" for bother, as in, "What fashes thee, lad?" for "What's the matter, kid?" and "folken" for people, as in, "These folken enjoy pie".
I also like it when one of my favorite talk show hosts refers to women as "dames". It sounds more classy than most other titles for a group of women, like a repeat of the old 1940s era movies.
And then there's slang-ish words that I use, like "fash" for bother, as in, "What fashes thee, lad?" for "What's the matter, kid?" and "folken" for people, as in, "These folken enjoy pie".
Eschew obfuscation, espouse elucidation.
Okay, so technically that phrase never left; but I'd like it to be a little more popular.
Okay, so technically that phrase never left; but I'd like it to be a little more popular.
Me and a friend decided one day to dedicate ourselves to the restoration of the words "plebs" and "plebians" to the common lexicon. We were trying to think of a word that encompassed both the lower and middle classes of society and recalled "plebs/plebians."
Edit: Good suggestion with "nifty" by the way. I use that one on occasion, but my friends always make some sort of negative comment about it when I do.
Edit: Good suggestion with "nifty" by the way. I use that one on occasion, but my friends always make some sort of negative comment about it when I do.
