Words no longer used.....

20-06-2021 10:22pm

Getting the messages

minerals (soft drinks, singular a mineral)

Rock Shandy, seemed to be everything from Club Orange to the canned version of hard drugs. Banned in school and nobody knew why.

rubber johnny

nicks (sports shorts)

meeting a girl, which actually meant eating the face off her

polis

wino

gargling (verb)

making a hames of it

poxbottle

geebag

game ball (as in grand, or alright then)

gammy

EmmetSpiceland · 20-06-2021 10:23pm

Brian? wrote: »

I nominate wojus. It’s a Dublin way of saying bad.

“That haircut is bleeding and wojus youngfella.”

I’ve only heard country folk, from the midlands, saying that.

indioblack · 20-06-2021 10:32pm

Wibbs wrote: »

Probably something of Hiberno English thing, a holdover from older English. So Shakespeare would have said "Fillum" and that was retained more here. In the original printings of Hamlet IIRC it's spelled "Fillum". Press instead of cupboard another holdover from older English, as is shores instead of drains I mentioned earlier.

Reminds me of safety, pronounced "say-feh-tee". An advertisement on the radio for safety matches way back in '67.

bluezulu49 · 20-06-2021 10:55pm

indioblack wrote: »

When I was a lad visiting my relatives in Cork I was a "gorsoon". That's how they pronounced it. I think the French origin may be correct.

Surely garsún is Irish for boy and gorsoon is it's anglicisation.

indioblack · 21-06-2021 1:07am

bluezulu49 wrote: »

Surely garsún is Irish for boy and gorsoon is it's anglicisation.

Could be. Gorsoon was my phonetic spelling.

MyStubbleItches · 21-06-2021 2:01am

brownbinman wrote: »

spurious

Yep, used to be a very handy one when looking for parts.

MyStubbleItches · 21-06-2021 2:22am

A bit of a bollox

Brian? · 21-06-2021 6:46am

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

I’ve only heard country folk, from the midlands, saying that.

I picked it up from a load of inner city lads I worked with in the 90s. I say lads, but they were all 50+

Those lads had some of the most unique colloquialisms I’d ever encountered . I loved it. I wasn’t a real dub to them, being from Tallaght. It was like they spoke a different language. I try to use as many of their sayings as I can even now. I think most are dying out.

“Lanterin Jaysus, youngfella.” As a lead in to virtually anything was my favourite.

Brian? · 21-06-2021 6:51am

bluezulu49 wrote: »

Surely garsún is Irish for boy and gorsoon is it's anglicisation.

Is it? How is it different to buchaill?!

It definitely sounds like a derivative of the French “garcon” to me.

A mate of mine from Tipp always uses it. But it’s more like Goossens

Hamsterchops · 21-06-2021 7:04am

Perambulate (walk about for pleasure, a stroll).

Kaybaykwah · 21-06-2021 7:46am

Brian? wrote: »

I picked it up from a load of inner city lads I worked with in the 90s. I say lads, but they were all 50+

Those lads had some of the most unique colloquialisms I’d ever encountered . I loved it. I wasn’t a real dub to them, being from Tallaght. It was like they spoke a different language. I try to use as many of their sayings as I can even now. I think most are dying out.

“Lanterin Jaysus, youngfella.” As a lead in to virtually anything was my favourite.

One guy I knew from inner city Northside once told me about someone he threatened to beat up with: "I'll burst you" which of course was pronounced: I'll borscht ya". It had a very graphic punch to it.

Brian? · 21-06-2021 7:58am

Kaybaykwah wrote: »

One guy I knew from inner city Northside once told me about someone he threatened to beat up with: "I'll burst you" which of course was pronounced: I'll borscht ya". It had a very graphic punch to it.

I regularly tell my kids "I'll burst your hole with a kick, you little pox bottle".

Having never actually kicked them, they don't take this seriously in any way.

YFlyer · 21-06-2021 8:47am

Ode.

Marhay70 · 21-06-2021 9:56am

SpitfireIV wrote: »

One came into my head earlier, don't know why, but a word used to describe someone who took a good fall or a smack, they got 'lamped'...

Is that a local/regional thing or was it more widely used?

I was born and raised in North inner city Dublin and the expression was often used to describe a bad result in a football game"We got fcukin lamped"

Kewreeuss · 21-06-2021 10:10am

Peepin’ Tom.

Cyclepath · 21-06-2021 10:12am

High Jinx (mischief etc)

High Doh (stressed, worried, etc)

You do be 'up to' both

Rawr · 21-06-2021 10:57am

Hamsterchops wrote: »

Perambulate (walk about for pleasure, a stroll).

Perambulator; a device to transport a child while out Perambulating. Now shortened in later years to "Pram"

whisky_galore · 21-06-2021 3:33pm

In mufti.
Second hand shop.
Galoshes.
Railway station.

boardise · 21-06-2021 4:37pm

bluezulu49 wrote: »

Surely garsún is Irish for boy and gorsoon is it's anglicisation.

You need to go back a bit further.
' Garsún' is a borrowing from French 'Garcon' -dating back to Norman times . Probably dates from 13/14th century .
Interestingly the Gaelic word for child - 'páiste' is likewise a borrowing from N French 'page' around the same time. Bear in mind that the pronunciation of the French word would be nothing like the English 'page' today.It would be sounded something like like 'paw-je'.
Linguistic history is truly fascinating and sheds light on multiple aspects of human psychology and social organisation.

odyssey06 · 21-06-2021 4:41pm

Play by mail.
Penny post \ Second post.

* In London you could send a letter that morning and have a reply by dinner.

boardise · 21-06-2021 4:53pm

IRK and IRKSOME

odyssey06 · 21-06-2021 5:03pm

Nether regions
Unmentionables

mistersifter · 21-06-2021 7:22pm

Goother

Vita nova · 21-06-2021 9:29pm

Craythur as in creature.

Technically still used because I heard an elderly lady say "poor craythur..." today and this thread came to mind. Used to be a lot more common and was also used to refer to poitín, as in a "drop of the craythur".

Hamsterchops · 21-06-2021 9:34pm

Golliwog.

dxhound2005 · 21-06-2021 9:37pm

magick · 21-06-2021 9:38pm

Baluba

boardise · 22-06-2021 2:40pm

Upbraid

Hamsterchops · 22-06-2021 3:07pm

Falatio.

whisky_galore · 22-06-2021 4:05pm

French letters.

"Lifelong batchelor/he never married"

mistersifter · 22-06-2021 7:11pm

telling someone to stop havin a conniption fit

Westernyelp · 22-06-2021 8:59pm

Galloping consumption

boardise · 22-06-2021 9:20pm

MIRTH... a pity since we never needed it more .

riclad · 22-06-2021 9:24pm

poor house. tenement. gaol old word for prison.
spinster older single woman.
fluthered ,drunk.invert old word for gay.
i think railway station is still in use.
me old segotia my old friend dublin slang
woeful something bad or awful

i think many old slang words are no longer used and being replaced by internet slang.
eg anything bad is now just cringe .
that song is cringe

boston marriage
2 women who are lesbians living together

boardise · 22-06-2021 10:19pm

(the) Antichrist

Capt'n Midnight · 23-06-2021 4:02pm

Kingsbridge station.

Queenstown

Kings county , Queens county

Capt'n Midnight · 23-06-2021 4:03pm

odyssey06 wrote: »

Rabbit ears.

Gone now as that band isn't used for TV.

Capt'n Midnight · 23-06-2021 4:07pm

salmocab wrote: »

I’m reading my son the famous five books and the language is so dated. They use some words in ways they’d never be used anymore. They say ‘rather’ a lot to mean they like the sound of it or yes please. They say your mum is a brick to mean she’s great. Some of it is charming in an old fashioned way and some is quite odd.

Now try The Wind In The Willows

Then again “Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing–absolutely nothing–half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”

tDw6u1bj · 23-06-2021 4:13pm

Ish66 wrote: »

I can think of a few...
Flan...Cake Base

Couldn't help bumping on this.

A flan isn't a cake base, it's a type of cake
(A sponge base covered with cream and fruit, like this)

The word hasn't fallen out of fashion, the cake has.

(same with frock and maxi, they're specific types of dresses and the terms are still very much used where appropriate)

whisky_galore · 23-06-2021 4:17pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Now try The Wind In The Willows

Then again “Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing–absolutely nothing–half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”

And how!

Ish66 · 23-06-2021 4:42pm

tDw6u1bj wrote: »

Couldn't help bumping on this.

A flan isn't a cake base, it's a type of cake
(A sponge base covered with cream and fruit, like this)

The word hasn't fallen out of fashion, the cake has.

(same with frock and maxi, they're specific types of dresses and the terms are still very much used where appropriate)

After reading your post the word ''pedantic'' came to mind....:rolleyes:

freshpopcorn · 23-06-2021 4:52pm

My father has a thing about saying people are invalid's!

Sgt Hartman · 23-06-2021 4:56pm

A Scut which means a scumbag or a troublemaker.

One I haven't heard in years is a "crispy" into the forehead, which means a loud hard open hand slap into the forehead. It was commonly used when I was a kid in the 80s and 90s.

growleaves · 23-06-2021 6:03pm

tDw6u1bj wrote: »

Couldn't help bumping on this.

A flan isn't a cake base, it's a type of cake
(A sponge base covered with cream and fruit, like this)

The word hasn't fallen out of fashion, the cake has.

(same with frock and maxi, they're specific types of dresses and the terms are still very much used where appropriate)

I experienced a flandemic last Christmas, I managed to politely avoid having to take a piece.

growleaves · 23-06-2021 6:06pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

In mufti.
Second hand shop.
Galoshes.
Railway station.

I prefer railway station to the subtle Americanism 'train station' but yes it is gone.

Marhay70 · 23-06-2021 10:44pm

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

A Scut which means a scumbag or a troublemaker.

When I was a lad a scut was something you did on the back of a cart or lorry or bus.
Scutting was frowned upon, especially by bus conductors who would often lash out with their ticket machine strap.
When I think back now, it was an incredibly dangerous thing to do but back then I just knew I was indestructible.

Kewreeuss · 23-06-2021 11:25pm

Plait doesn’t seem to be used any more, it’s all braids now!!

Vita nova · 23-06-2021 11:51pm

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

A Scut which means a scumbag or a troublemaker.
...

I don't remember scut being as strong as scumbag more like a little runt, an annoying little fecker.

Always remember it from the lyrics of Delirium Tremens by Christy Moore

"...I dreamt that Ruairi Quinn was smokin' marijuana in the Dail
Barry Desmond handin' Frenchies out to scuts in Fianna Fail.
Goodbye to the Port and Brandy, to the Vodka and the Stag,
To the Schmiddick and the Harpic, the bottled draught and keg..."

Also heard scut being used as Marhay70 mentions above but more as a verb.

riclad · 24-06-2021 12:23am

Gramaphone
Ear trumpet disk jockey
Hit parade skiffle 5os pop music
Doo wop 50s pop music

odyssey06 · 24-06-2021 6:50pm

Opportune

(Of a time) especially convenient or appropriate for a particular action or event.
"he couldn't have arrived at a less opportune moment"

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