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What 1 word have you not heard in ages, 1 you want to bring back and 1 you dont like?

  • 22-12-2013 02:24PM
    #1
    IvaBigWun
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    I was reading a review of Anchorman 2 and saw it was described as "terrific" Now there's a word I havent heard or seen in writing in a long time, especially from someone under the age of 25.

    One word Id bring back: "Diddies" As in "Hasnt she a lovely pair of diddies lads?"

    And one word I dont like: Nígger", there's never an excuse for it (Ive just noticed its in the profanity filter on here)

    What one word have you not heard in ages, one you want to bring back and one you dont like?


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  • #2
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    IvaBigWun wrote: »
    And one word I dont like: Nígger", there's never an excuse for it

    So you shouldn't have just used it?


  • #3
    IvaBigWun
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭IvaBigWun


    Raina Disgusting Pun wrote: »
    So you shouldn't have just used it?

    :confused:

    How else am I meant to convey a word I dont like in a thread titled " What 1 word have you not heard in ages, 1 you want to bring back and 1 you dont like?"

    Smoke signals?


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    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
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  • #5
    iguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 565 ✭✭✭iguy


    Word I haven't heard in ages - standard, heard it yesterday and my brain had to figure out what it meant for a minute!!!
    word I want to bring back - wholesome....
    word I hate with a passion - rape


  • #6
    Sunnyisland
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    Thank you.


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  • #7
    doolox
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    Ring or Dial for making a phone call.


    Societal, a word used when there is the perfectly valid social but social has too many communistic overtones for the Americans so they prefer to use societal.

    Affordable, when you really mean cheap but that also has too many negative overtones.


  • #8
    bumper234
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    IvaBigWun wrote: »
    :confused:

    How else am I meant to convey a word I dont like in a thread titled " What 1 word have you not heard in ages, 1 you want to bring back and 1 you dont like?"

    Smoke signals?

    So you hate a word? See that it is in the profanity filter and then make the decision to bypass the profanity filter to use the word? You couldn't have typed Ni@@&r? Surprisingly most if not all would have known what it meant.


  • #9
    [Deleted User]
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    IvaBigWun wrote: »
    I was reading a review of Anchorman 2 and saw it was described as "terrific" Now there's a word I havent heard or seen in writing in a long time, especially from someone under the age of 25.

    One word Id bring back: "Diddies" As in "Hasnt she a lovely pair of diddies lads?"

    And one word I dont like: Nígger", there's never an excuse for it (Ive just noticed its in the profanity filter on here)

    What one word have you not heard in ages, one you want to bring back and one you dont like?


    Word I'be bring back: Gobdaw - uniquely descriptive in a uniquely Irish way.

    Word I haven't heard in ages: Elegance - love the sound of it, see too little of it.

    Word I don't like: Yeast - unhappy itchy memory trigger.


  • #10
    Muise...
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭Muise...


    Like: 'Blackguard'. Such a satisfying insult. Also comes in handy verb form - 'blackguardin'.

    Dislike: 'chill', as an imperative. Always has the opposite effect. As for 'chillax' - let us never speak of it again.


  • #11
    rwg
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    Raina Disgusting Pun wrote: »
    So you shouldn't have just used it?

    yellow card ref?


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  • #12
    bohsboy
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    Amazeballs. Just go away. Now.


  • #13
    [Deleted User]
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    Muise... wrote: »
    Like: 'Blackguard'. Such a satisfying insult. Also comes in handy verb form - 'blackguardin'.

    Dislike: 'chill', as an imperative. Always has the opposite effect. As for 'chillax' - let us never speak of it again.

    Chillax is a handy filter though. As soon as someone says it you can safely write them off as a total tosser.


  • #14
    Will I Amnt
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    "Jaypers" Heard some auld lad say it yesterday and near keeled over laughing.


  • #15
    rwg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 445 ✭✭rwg


    Bring back "dogsbollix"

    Hate: derp


  • #16
    Daqster
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    Claimed.

    People used to say this all the time when I was a kid.

    After school, you're claimed!

    Yesterday I said this to a guy who smashed his trolly into mine in Tesco.

    Oi! I There's bottles of beer and eggs in this trolley you fool. Fcuking claimed!

    He had no idea what I was on about so I pushed his kid over.


  • #17
    Shrobbs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46 ✭Shrobbs


    Moreover


  • #18
    pappyodaniel
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    Whassaap for all 3.


  • #19
    smurgen
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    Poorley - strupid annoying word mostly used by English folk,thank god the Irish don't use it


  • #20
    DeadHand
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    IvaBigWun wrote: »
    And one word I dont like: Nígger", there's never an excuse for it (Ive just noticed its in the profanity filter on here

    Uses it unnecessarily...
    IvaBigWun wrote: »
    :confused:

    How else am I meant to convey a word I dont like in a thread titled " What 1 word have you not heard in ages, 1 you want to bring back and 1 you dont like?"

    Smoke signals?

    Then makes an excuse for it.

    A word I haven't heard in ages is paradox.
    One I want to bring back is irony.
    A word I hate is self-contradictory. Or is that two words?


  • #21
    Czarcasm
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    Word I'd love to see brought back:

    Discombobulated, god I love that word, but using it can indeed cause people to become discombobulated :D


    Word I'd love to see extinguished from the English lexicon:


    Retarded. Obvious really.


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  • #22
    osarusan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,841 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    shitehawk
    shitehawk
    banter


  • #23
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Gowl


  • #24
    spankysue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 591 ✭✭✭spankysue


    Word I haven't heard in ages: Malojen

    Word I want to bring back: Bawdy

    Word I don't like: Irregardless


  • #25
    Muise...
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭Muise...


    spankysue wrote: »
    Word I don't like: Irregardless

    IT'S NOT A WORD! NOOOO! I don't care how many times it is spoken, it is just a spittle-flecked idiot noise.


  • #26
    _Redzer_
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    You just don't get enough shítehawk nowadays


  • #27
    Czarcasm
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    Muise... wrote: »
    IT'S NOT A WORD! NOOOO! I don't care how many times it is spoken, it is just a spittle-flecked idiot noise.


    Your post just reminded me of another word I haven't heard in years that I'd love to see brought back -

    Your command of the English language is exemplary :D


  • #28
    Muise...
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭Muise...


    Czarcasm wrote: »
    Your post just reminded me of another word I haven't heard in years that I'd love to see brought back -

    Your command of the English language is exemplary :D

    Naaaw, thanks! I was going to write 'retard noise' instead of 'idiot noise', but I didn't want to offend you. Not at Christmas, anyway. :p


  • #29
    BorneTobyWilde
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,727 ✭✭✭✭BorneTobyWilde


    Rigmarole


  • #30
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    IvaBigWun wrote: »
    :confused:

    How else am I meant to convey a word I dont like in a thread titled " What 1 word have you not heard in ages, 1 you want to bring back and 1 you dont like?"

    Smoke signals?

    If there's never an excuse for it, how can you excuse using it even in a thread about words you don't like?


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  • #31
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,116 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    I'd love to bring back the word "one".


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