FabSwingers.com forum: Olde words, that should make a comeback

By *hyllyphylly OP Man
over a year ago

Bradford

With the youth of today making words up, I think we should resurrect some of the great words from the last few hundred years of the English Language.

I want to see "bounder" come back

As in "you sir, are a cad and bounder"

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By *un_JuiceCouple
over a year ago

Nr Chester

Always liked the word for someone a tad silly. You bloomin' coughdrop

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By *hyllyphylly OP Man
over a year ago

Bradford

Let's not forget "beget"

"I want to beget you"

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By *aula.ceciliaWoman
over a year ago

Cheltenham

And you, Sir, are nought but a fop and a dandy!

I also like Mountebank,, I believe a carnival entertainer who sells by dukery?

Oh wow,, am I on a roll!

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By *hoosy_strumpetCouple
over a year ago

W S AREA

Have to admit i did google this but does sound funny........tittynope

meaning........ a small quantity of something left over

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rapscallion......

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By *hyllyphylly OP Man
over a year ago

Bradford

In the 1800, “ejaculate" was a synonym for “exclaim", and found in a few Sherlock Holmes short stories.

"So he sat as I dropped off to sleep, and so he sat when a sudden ejaculation caused me to wake up, and I found the summer sun shining into the apartment. The pipe was still between his lips, the smoke still curled upward, and the room was full of a dense tobacco haze, but nothing remained of the heap of shag which I had seen upon the previous night."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I would like thee to make a big comeback, not gonna wash the dishes are thee???

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By *teveanddebsCouple
over a year ago

Norwich

Strumpet

Toothsome

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By *hoosy_strumpetCouple
over a year ago

W S AREA

errrm, strumpet is still used, lol lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'd like 'yea' to make a comeback! I get too many 'nays' when i mail gals!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Personally I don't think shinannigans, malarkey and gadzook are used any where near enough any more

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

'Woo' as in, to romantically engage a woman is a very old fashioned word, but one I like to use frequently, it just sounds nice.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I'd like 'yea' to make a comeback! I get too many 'nays' when i mail gals!

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pmsl

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By *pecifically1Woman
over a year ago

Hull

Harlot....does what It says in the tin...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Personally I don't think shinannigans, malarkey and gadzook are used any where near enough any more "

I agree

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

Gallivant

Beseech

Betwixt (and between)

Huzzah!

Whither (thou goest)

And my personal favourite,

Quim

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Rapscallion......

You called lol x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

fortuitous it means to be lucky like me lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think the word Tiffin should be used more, I love a bit of tiffin

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By *un_JuiceCouple
over a year ago

Nr Chester

"'Woo' as in, to romantically engage a woman is a very old fashioned word, but one I like to use frequently, it just sounds nice."

Agree and use it ourselves, not enough wooing although some do prefer a more brash, clinical, smutty approach.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You are all pettifoggers.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think I must be in a time-warp - I still use a lot of the words listed above! My favourite, usually applied to my nieces, is Flibbertigibbet.

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By *opping_candyWoman
over a year ago

West Yorkshire

Regional one - ee by gum!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tallywhacker!!!

As in "Gadzooks! One has caught ones tallywhacker in the zipper of ones pantaloons!!"

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

Although not used correctly on here I do sort of make you all use licketysplit.

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By *ickloverMan
over a year ago

Devizes

"I think the word Tiffin should be used more, I love a bit of tiffin

I make lots of tiffin ! Lovely stuff ,

( not to be confused with refrigerator cake which is almost identical apart from one ingredient ).

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By *CupWoman
over a year ago

Rochdale

I wouldn't mind a brief dalliance with Sexybrain after he'd woo'd me

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By *aula.ceciliaWoman
over a year ago

Cheltenham

"I think I must be in a time-warp - I still use a lot of the words listed above! My favourite, usually applied to my nieces, is ."

I am proud to be a Flibbertigibbet!!!

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

'wizard wheeze' from the 1940's is rather jolly.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Please and Thank You

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Doolally tap is a phrase that doesn't get used as often as it should.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Counterpane, I just love that word

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I wish "innit" would make a comeback.. So 1990s council estate...

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By *hyllyphylly OP Man
over a year ago

Bradford

"I wish "innit" would make a comeback.. So 1990s council estate..."

its still with us.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I wish "innit" would make a comeback.. So 1990s council estate...

its still with us. "

Innit wicked lol

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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago

Over the rainbow, under the bridge

Slattern - for a woman who is 'sloppy' around the house or in her personal habits (I first read this in Jane Eyre).

Coilons - from Chaucer's The Pardoner's Tale - 'I wish I hadde thyn coilons in myn hond!" It means testicles!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I wish "innit" would make a comeback.. So 1990s council estate..."

Still used in Manchester.

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

"Gallivant

Beseech

Betwixt (and between)

Huzzah!

Whither (thou goest)

And my personal favourite,

Quim"

Quim is a lovely, tasty word!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

erm two words we haven't seen anyone mention

Please and Thank you x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Buxom is a lovely descriptive word.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

cavorting

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I would like thee to make a big comeback, not gonna wash the dishes are thee???"

Come to Lancashire - we all talk that.

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By *eareenaCouple
over a year ago

Rockford

"I think the word Tiffin should be used more, I love a bit of tiffin

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come over here for tea and tiffin my sweet

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I think the word Tiffin should be used more, I love a bit of tiffin

I make lots of tiffin ! Lovely stuff ,

( not to be confused with refrigerator cake which is almost identical apart from one ingredient ).

Tiffin isn't a foodstuff, per se, it is a light snack. It is an Indian word.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"cavorting "

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By *hyllyphylly OP Man
over a year ago

Bradford

The Colonies (when refering to America).

Although I actually do

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Rapscallion......

Love this one

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By *ILLY aka SirslagWoman
over a year ago

Land of the Prince Bishops

merkin says this bawdy slattern.....oh and jolification

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I wish "innit" would make a comeback.. So 1990s council estate...

Still used in Manchester."

And Leicester

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"'Woo' as in, to romantically engage a woman is a very old fashioned word, but one I like to use frequently, it just sounds nice."

I would like woo to come back. My husband use to woo me, then we got married

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By *ichaelangelaCouple
over a year ago

notts

replace "knackered" with "spent"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Poltroon is a great word. Used regularly in the Flashman books

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By *OMANNINWoman
over a year ago

leeds

I often call people 'you daft apoth' ...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nincompoop...

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By *win PeaksCouple
over a year ago

Northamptonshire

For some people "please" and "thank you" would be two words i'd like to see used more.

Dave

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Debacle

Fracas

Cogitate

Shambolic

Blitzed

Copasetic

Daddy-O

Kibosh

Dork

Stand On Me

Nifty

Top Notch

Bona Fide

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Debacle

Fracas

Cogitate

Shambolic

Blitzed

Copasetic

Daddy-O

Kibosh

Dork

Stand On Me

Nifty

Top Notch

Bona Fide

Stand On Me????

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Debacle

Fracas

Cogitate

Shambolic

Blitzed

Copasetic

Daddy-O

Kibosh

Dork

Stand On Me

Nifty

Top Notch

Bona Fide

Stand On Me????"

yeah, thought i'd chuck a phrase in thats not used any more

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

Stand On Me

Nifty

Top Notch

Bona Fide

Stand On Me????

yeah, thought i'd chuck a phrase in thats not used any more

Except by the people who like that sort of thing.

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By *mokeynbubblyCouple
over a year ago

poole

Quite like a bit of skulduggery - great word

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Stand On Me

Nifty

Top Notch

Bona Fide

Stand On Me????

yeah, thought i'd chuck a phrase in thats not used any more

Except by the people who like that sort of thing."

haha wot you like...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Anything with extra e's on.

Ye olde porke pie shope

Mostly cuz i can't spell and you'd properly wouldn't notice if i suck an e on everything.

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By *kywatcherMan
over a year ago

Southwick

"I think the word Tiffin should be used more, I love a bit of tiffin

I make lots of tiffin ! Lovely stuff ,

( not to be confused with refrigerator cake which is almost identical apart from one ingredient ).

Tiffin isn't a foodstuff, per se, it is a light snack. It is an Indian word."

When working in the Civil Service an elderly HEO of Indian origin used this word when taking his lunch break.

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By *kywatcherMan
over a year ago

Southwick

"Anything with extra e's on.

Ye olde porke pie shope

Mostly cuz i can't spell and you'd properly wouldn't notice if i suck an e on everything. "

Best not 'suck an e'

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Anything with extra e's on.

Ye olde porke pie shope

Mostly cuz i can't spell and you'd properly wouldn't notice if i suck an e on everything.

Best not 'suck an e'

ok its not like I've ever done that before.

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By *kywatcherMan
over a year ago

Southwick

My contribution fwiw:

Scoundrel...rascal.....ruffian (so much nicer than thug hooligan etc).

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By *kywatcherMan
over a year ago

Southwick

"Anything with extra e's on.

Ye olde porke pie shope

Mostly cuz i can't spell and you'd properly wouldn't notice if i suck an e on everything.

Best not 'suck an e'

ok its not like I've ever done that before.

I believe you....many wouldn't

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

After my morning ablutions I'll normally take my constitutional around the local park.

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By *kywatcherMan
over a year ago

Southwick

Canoodle

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I wish "innit" would make a comeback.. So 1990s council estate...

Still used in Manchester.

And Leicester "

I was being sarcastic!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Balderdash

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cad

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"'Woo' as in, to romantically engage a woman is a very old fashioned word, but one I like to use frequently, it just sounds nice.

I would like woo to come back. My husband use to woo me, then we got married

You can be a wooed as you like with me dear! (copyright K.Williams!)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I do tend to be a little bit sesquipidalian, but only to avoid pleonasm.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When I was little and my mum had her friend around and was gossiping, she would be talking about some woman having a 'fancy man'. I never knew what it meant.

I wish people would refer to these men as fancy men again.

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By *hocmanxMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

galumphing

frabjous

mimsy

All from my favourite 19th century poem

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm thinking....that I use an awful lot of the words being said

Buffoon is a good one though :o)

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By *mo-amas-amatMan
over a year ago

brighton

I am very much keen on 'Cheese screamer' which used to mean someone who feigned religiosity in order to gain financial help from the local parish priest.....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I would like thee to make a big comeback, not gonna wash the dishes are thee???"

Clearly has never been to Barnsley then :D

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