20 Obsolete English Words that Should Make a Comeback

[rue]

Well, I dont know you well, but I do respect you. I'll look for an opportunity.

I look forward to that

Oh, my...

I use that one all the time.

And the problem *I* have with the word "broad" is it tends to get applied too often to the seat of my pants.

lol lol lol

 

[Effingham]

Oh, hey.... How about "a doxie with the moxie"?

 

[MissMittens]

Speaking of dagnabbit, I'm the blood-thirstiest, shoot-'em-firstiest, doggone worstiest buccaneer that ever sailed the Spanish main!

Balderdash!

 

[MissMittens]

Oh, hey.... How about "a doxie with the moxie"?

Good one! "Slip of a thing"

 

[AtomicEraTom]

How about young'uns?

 

[Effingham]

How about young'uns?

I kind of like "whippersnappers."

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Also, good. We're kinda country folk around here, so young'uns is often used. Also the phrase 'knee high to a grasshopper.'

 

[Effingham]

Ah, a very homespun expression.

Hey, whatever happened to "homespun"? Don't hear that too often these days, either.

Very much to the point, too, is today's "Pearls Before Swine":

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Don't you just love how if you have a vocabulary broader than what's acceptable for texting, you're pompous.

Ah, a very homespun expression.

Hey, whatever happened to "homespun"? Don't hear that too often these days, either.

Very much to the point, too, is today's "Pearls Before Swine":

 

[Effingham]

And I revel in it.

 

[Geiamama]

And I revel in it.

Me too. I'm one of those irritating people who insist on spelling out each word and sentence in full in a text rather than use 'text speak'

 

[scottyrocks]

Balderdash!

Yer right. I fergot the quotation marks, dagnabbit!

 

[scottyrocks]

Me too. I'm one of those irritating people who insist on spelling out each word and sentence in full in a text rather than use 'text speak'

I dont find that irritating. Spelling out every word does, however, necessitate 160-max characters per text if you cross carriers. Unlimited if you stay within your own. At least thats how the big V works.

 

[Effingham]

Me too. I'm one of those irritating people who insist on spelling out each word and sentence in full in a text rather than use 'text speak'

I frequently get e-mails from people asking for my help on some research project or other, and more often than not they are semi-literate, run-on sentences with "OMG!" and so forth in them. This is not how I was raised. If one wishes to ask for help or information, but doesn't take the few seconds required to be polite and clear, I will usually ignore it, or if I'm feeling REALLY snappy, send them a link to a canned response on "how to ask for help online."

My take is simple: If I'm not worth the few seconds it takes to create a message with proper syntax, grammar, spelling, and punctuation, why should *YOU* be worth my time to reply?

I've heard from friends who are teachers -- some in college -- that some students' papers are now appearing with text speak in them. That's right. A term paper with a "BTW" or "FWIW" in them.

I'd be apoplectic.

 

[Fletch]

Oh, hey.... How about "a doxie with the moxie"?

Isn't a doxie kind of cheap, brassy, and hooked up with iffy guys? Like a moll?

Or alternatively, a small dog?

 

[djd]

I am currently enjoying the use of tickety-boo whenever I can! Thanks Foyles War!

 

[Mark D]

How 'bout the use of the word 'tight' as slang for drunk?

 

[Miss sofia]

That's a good one. Or 'fast' meaning a girl that's a bit too good to the boys!

 

[chiefusmm]

I know my young'uns get perturbed when I use the word "shan't". As in I shan't be long on my promenade.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I still use his one! Or I refer to them as 'loose women'

That's a good one. Or 'fast' meaning a girl that's a bit too good to the boys!