Words no longer used.....

Gregor Samsa

It's ironic, but you don't see the word Aparchaiomenlogism used at all any more*

From the Greek "απαρχαιωμένος" (meaning "obsolete") + logism, (referring to a word)


*

probably because I just made it up.

Ger Roe

machiavellianme wrote: »

All the words so far are fairly common around my neck of the woods, except perhaps Joe Cuddy, I only know a Jack Cuddy.

The great Joe Cuddy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2dInLL02Cs

riffmongous

TheValeyard wrote: »

Crapulence

Easily the most amazing synonym for “hungover,” crapulence comes from the Latin word crapula, which just means “hungover.”

Why we thought saying “I’m super hungover” sounded better than, “I’m completely crapulent right now,” I will never know.

I think we should bring it back.

Personally I'd say your indolence is inefficacious since with Smithers out of the way I was free to wallow in my own crapulence.

Hyperbollix

Horrid. As in the bog version. "Jayse, the hate is horrid Jimmy......... splittin the stones out so it is"

The posh version has the same meaning and probably heard on Downton Abbey and the like "Oh Charlotte, he was simply horrid to me all evening, really beastly. I shan't ever forget it"

Hamsterchops

Tinkers (meaning travelers).

Always tinkers when I was young, not any more though.

Government buildings

Plans. All roadmaps now

The Continental Op

riffmongous wrote: »

Personally I'd say your indolence is inefficacious since with Smithers out of the way I was free to wallow in my own crapulence.

That reminds me of a phrase I haven't heard in years.

Indolent torpidity.

It sort of fits my state a lot of the time.

SpitfireIV

Deleted User wrote: »

Haven’t heard ‘cat malogen’ used in a long time.

The mother in law would use that one often enough, rural Limerick, 'the weather is cat malogen!'.

Tilden Katz

Cringeworthy. It's mostly been replaced by cringey. I still persevere in using cringeworthy though. It's far more satisfying to say.

Tilden Katz

machiavellianme wrote: »

All the words so far are fairly common around my neck of the woods, except perhaps Joe Cuddy, I only know a Jack Cuddy.

My contribution is "oft" which bizarrely has often been dropped in favour of the longer version.

I hate the word 'oft'. There's something a bit precious about it. It was never commonly used though, at least in any of my circles. Often was alway used far more.

Tony EH

Prithee

Westernyelp

Antidisestablishmentarianism

Wibbs

the "shores" instead of "drains", IE the shore's blocked again, I haven't heard in while. Bowler for a dog was another. Though I think both are/were more Dublin based.

Dammo

The Continental Op wrote: »

Twice seems to be gone.

I regularly scream its twice at the TV screen when someone says two times.

Three times I can live with.

Jim Morrison singing ’Love Me Twice’ doesn’t seem right though

scotchy

Discotheque.

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scotchy

Fairy cakes, its all muffins now.

.

Westernyelp

Westernyelp wrote: »

Antidisestablishmentarianism

That and contrafibularity

Quantum Erasure

Westernyelp wrote: »

Antidisestablishmentarianism

It's all about pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis now

Muleteer
Condottiero/i
Gewgaws
Hark
Fiacra
Lacedaemonian
Filch
Miasma

As in, hark! There's a miasma of Lacedaemonian condottieri filching muleteers away in the gewgaws fiacra!

People were always saying stupid shit like that, back in the old days. Maybe.

Wibbs

You don't hear Gurrier so often any more.

Leg End Reject

Leg End Reject wrote: »

Rig out, as in an entire outfit.

Tog out

Togged out


Set Jon Up

Offer it up.

Grit your teeth. (Millenials are more comfort creatures)

TP_CM

Snogging, courting, thrice.

SpitfireIV

'going steady' in reference to a couple 'courting' or 'doing a line', i guess the latter has come to mean something else these days.

Wibbs

Wibbs wrote: »

You don't hear Gurrier so often any more.

Or Scallywag

The Continental Op

On that theme

Rapscallion

Wibbs

Wibbs wrote: »

You don't hear Gurrier so often any more.

Not a fan of Liveline?

It does be wall-to-wall gurriers and young pups.

The habitual present, "does be", that's another one. I do be using that now and again.

Yurt2

branie2 wrote: »

Thy
Thou
Thee

Around parts of Yorkshire you'd still here some folks talking like this.

NickNickleby

Wibbs wrote: »

the "shores" instead of "drains", IE the shore's blocked again, I haven't heard in while. Bowler for a dog was another. Though I think both are/were more Dublin based.

Ha! 90 year old mother in law used that very word the other night , asking my daughter if she still had the foster greyhound. Poor 30 year old daughter had no idea what granny was talking about. Although, I've never heard the m.i.l. using that word before, in the 47 years I've known her.

Cohort! I fcuking hate that word, seems to be all over Irish media, never hear it on UK media!

landofthetree

Parlour