Words no one uses anymore, and that frankly have no meaning now

Teensabre · Sun, 22nd Sep '02, 7:52pm

I got a good one: Radical.

Who do you know that uses that one?

[ September 23, 2002, 12:24: Message edited by: Taluntain ]

SC · Sun, 22nd Sep '02, 7:55pm

Marvy.

Nutrimat · Sun, 22nd Sep '02, 8:28pm

***** (as it applies to dogs).

I hear people say all the time that this has "a legitimate use outside of swearing", but I have yet to hear anyone use this other than a swear word.

Big B · Sun, 22nd Sep '02, 8:52pm

In general people do not say ***** to refer to female dogs anymore. But my family raises show dogs and you call female dogs *****es. That's just how it goes. If you go to a dog show and say female dog all the time and avoid saying *****, you're going to be looked at strangely

.

And radical -- that's a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turle word.

Platypus · Sun, 22nd Sep '02, 9:45pm

Hmm...

Cowabunga (Ninja Turtles again)

Geronimo (See above)

Ruth (the opposite of Ruthless)

Incredible (in its original sense of literally meaning unbelievable)

Yerril · Sun, 22nd Sep '02, 10:41pm

Jiminy jellickers!

Yowza!

and...

You all. This phrase doesn't exist any more. It has become...

Yall!

ToTaL · Sun, 22nd Sep '02, 10:54pm

Maybe off topic, but after Baldur's Gate 2 i have stopped using "cool", and started shouting:

"Coo!"

[ September 22, 2002, 22:54: Message edited by: total ]

Chevalier Mal Fet · Mon, 23rd Sep '02, 1:21am

People who shout "Coo" should be shot.

Personally, I do use most of the mentioned words. "*****" for dogs, and "incredible" for unbelievable namely.

I never really hear anyone say "gay" in the context of happiness anymore though. There seems to be this whole social stigma about it.

Big B · Mon, 23rd Sep '02, 2:33am

I don't hear "stigma" much.

ejsmith · Mon, 23rd Sep '02, 5:13am

Shame on you Tolken readers!

"eleven teenth"?
"A faggot of wood"?
"queer folk"?

And the one that really stumped me:

"Gaffer"

Frostbite · Mon, 23rd Sep '02, 1:00pm

Iddlywiddlypiddlypoop!

YAY!

Frosty
(previous posts come back to haunt me...

)

8people · Mon, 23rd Sep '02, 1:03pm

Good one Frosty

Hmm...

'Politically Correct'

no honestly, a useless word

Fandabydozy

Teensabre · Mon, 23rd Sep '02, 1:16pm

Frosty and 8people, I must admit that was a good one.

How about...Supercalifragilistigetsbiallydocious!

Or...Fizzog? Noggin?

The mind boggles...hey, thats another one!

Shralp · Mon, 23rd Sep '02, 3:07pm

dungarees
sloop
shralp
loquacious
lithe

ejsmith · Mon, 23rd Sep '02, 3:18pm

Hmmmmmm.

I might know a little group of people that still use the word "dungarees" on a daily basis. But they've changed the style, so they might not be called that anymore...

Still on topic, I've seen an quite a few girls on the internet, described as "lithe".

Z-Layrex · Mon, 23rd Sep '02, 3:54pm

Faggots (as in the meat cubes)
Tally Ho
Nobody uses gay for happy anymre.

Yerril · Mon, 23rd Sep '02, 4:14pm

Ho ho! I just thought of an excellent one...

Bootylicious!

Big B · Mon, 23rd Sep '02, 9:49pm

Ah but Destiny's Child uses that word Sir Yerill, and we all know how mesmering pop music can be

.

scarampella · Mon, 23rd Sep '02, 10:22pm

nigger

(what an ugly word. I wish black people would stop calling themselves by it)

maybe some people still use it...

[ September 23, 2002, 22:27: Message edited by: scarampella ]

komei · Mon, 23rd Sep '02, 11:53pm

Indeed, these days if you told someone to 'throw another faggot onto the fire' you would get warned not to be so homophobic...

How about new words? Like 'pharming' - that is the deliberate rearing of animals purely for pharmacetical uses

Nutrimat · Tue, 24th Sep '02, 5:30am

Tally Ho, old chap, throw another faggot on the fire, and come and sit with my ***** and warm your lithe dungarees! We will discuss marvy radicals and other incredible politically correct things, unless you are one of those queer folk and have a stigma about it? Coo?

[EDIT] I was referring to my dog! So that should not have been censored! [END EDIT]

[The censoring is automatic and does not take context into account

- BTA]

[ September 24, 2002, 15:52: Message edited by: Blackthorne TA ]

Judas · Tue, 24th Sep '02, 7:56am

Radical, stigma, ***** (in its proper context), lithe, loquacious and sloop are all words I use at least once a year, and hear many times more than that. They certainly still have meaning. Nowdays, words are more often recycled than forgotten. Their definition is changed or overloaded. Take gay, cool, and radical as examples.

That said, when I received a mail at work the other day thanking me for my "timeous assistance", I had to reach for a dictionary (or at least type the URL for one). I'd somehow managed to get through 22 years of life without hearing that before. What a bizarre word.

Register · Tue, 24th Sep '02, 8:56am

just so you know i uses this words:
cool
coo
radical
Cowabunga
Geronimo

so it is still people that uses these words

Rastor · Tue, 24th Sep '02, 11:33pm

Hmm, any word with more than five letters is almost never used in America anymore.

comely-nobody that I have talked with knows that when you call a girl this, it's a compliment

thee, thou, thy, ye. Archaic Elizabethan expressions.

genre is something I never hear anymore.

[ September 24, 2002, 23:34: Message edited by: Rastor ]

Arabwel · Wed, 25th Sep '02, 2:53pm

Hmmm.... how about foreasmuch?

Also, I use the expression coo very often. I actually sound a lot like Gaelan Bayle when I say it...

I guess that too some people some words aren't as familiar because of the context they're used in.

Ara
(Feeling like she should kick something and soon...)

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Sun, 22nd Sep '02, 7:52pm	#1
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Sun, 22nd Sep '02, 7:55pm	#2
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Sun, 22nd Sep '02, 8:28pm	#3
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Sun, 22nd Sep '02, 8:52pm	#4
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Sun, 22nd Sep '02, 9:45pm	#5
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Sun, 22nd Sep '02, 10:41pm	#6
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Sun, 22nd Sep '02, 10:54pm	#7
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Mon, 23rd Sep '02, 1:21am	#8
Chevalier Mal Fet Gems: 13/31 Latest gem: Ziose Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Hamilton, NY Posts: 564 Like: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 913 Level: 10 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 50.61% Daily Activity 2.98% Weekly Activity 1.28% Monthly Activity 2.11% Achievements	People who shout "Coo" should be shot. Personally, I do use most of the mentioned words. "*****" for dogs, and "incredible" for unbelievable namely. I never really hear anyone say "gay" in the context of happiness anymore though. There seems to be this whole social stigma about it.

Mon, 23rd Sep '02, 2:33am	#9
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Mon, 23rd Sep '02, 5:13am	#10
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Mon, 23rd Sep '02, 1:00pm	#11
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Mon, 23rd Sep '02, 3:07pm	#14
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Mon, 23rd Sep '02, 3:54pm	#16
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Tue, 24th Sep '02, 5:30am	#21
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Tue, 24th Sep '02, 7:56am	#22
Judas Gems: 7/31 Latest gem: Tchazar Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Gold Coast, Australia Posts: 213 Like: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 879 Level: 10 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 33.06% Daily Activity 2.98% Weekly Activity 1.28% Monthly Activity 2.11% Achievements	Radical, stigma, ***** (in its proper context), lithe, loquacious and sloop are all words I use at least once a year, and hear many times more than that. They certainly still have meaning. Nowdays, words are more often recycled than forgotten. Their definition is changed or overloaded. Take gay, cool, and radical as examples. That said, when I received a mail at work the other day thanking me for my "timeous assistance", I had to reach for a dictionary (or at least type the URL for one). I'd somehow managed to get through 22 years of life without hearing that before. What a bizarre word.

Tue, 24th Sep '02, 8:56am	#23
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Tue, 24th Sep '02, 11:33pm	#24
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Wed, 25th Sep '02, 2:53pm	#25
Arabwel Gems: 31/31 Latest gem: Rogue Stone Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Land of Ire Posts: 7,944 Like: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post vBActivity - Stats XP: 16,950 Level: 37 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 18.94% Daily Activity 2.98% Weekly Activity 1.28% Monthly Activity 2.11% Achievements	Hmmm.... how about foreasmuch? Also, I use the expression coo very often. I actually sound a lot like Gaelan Bayle when I say it... I guess that too some people some words aren't as familiar because of the context they're used in. Ara (Feeling like she should kick something and soon...)