Words you don't hear a lot now days?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

Forty years ago I reported to a Brit who was fond of referring to what others said or wrote as “twaddle”.

I last saw him in the mid-eighties. Since then I have not heard anyone say twaddle!

[Demovictory9]

1. Groovy

[ironflange]

13. I recently told someone to have a groovy day

That got me a funny look.

[Demovictory9]

21. nooooooooooooooooo

[ironflange]

22. Yeah, his look kind of said "stay away from me"

[unblock]

2. glister

as in "all that glisters is not gold".

shakespeare is full of obsolete words, though i'm guessing you weren't really looking to reach that far back

[rsdsharp]

6. "All that is gold does not glister.

Not all those who wander are lost.”

Well, that’s close, I guess. I never heard the word glister, before.

[unblock]

14. Tolkien had some fun with that one.

[spooky3]

3. "Intelligent Republicans" nt

[LakeArenal]

5. Winner. Also compassionate would have worked.

[LakeArenal]

4. I love: gobsmacked.

Neeto. Keen. Hip. Dig.

Chicks, get your kicks on Route 66.

[pandr32]

7. shall

[padfun]

8. Far Out

Heavy Duty

[Sanity Claws]

9. Twice

Everyone now says two times.

[Mickju]

36. How about thrice?

I use that sometimes just to be goofy and people look at me funny.

[Sanity Claws]

38. That word left the vernacular decades ago.

It was not common usage in my lifetime. (Not going to divulge my age!) Once and twice were commonly used during my lifetime but seem to have been dropped in more recent years.

[Sneederbunk]

10. sanguine

[eppur_se_muova]

11. Swanherd.

It's a legitimate English word, even an official title in England. So is "Royal Swan Marker", but it's not one word.

[Midnight Writer]

12. "dapper" "gentleman farmer" "well knit" "conniption"

[yellowdogintexas]

25. I wish I had a dollar for every time my mother warned one of us

to not throw a conniption fit!!!

[Midnight Writer]

28. That's where I used to hear it a lot. From my mother.

[Mickju]

37. Same here.

[sarge43]

15. Grok. n/t

[Laffy Kat]

17. I had to read "Stranger In A Strange Land" for my rhetoric class in college.

Way back when. "Grok" is the only thing I remember about the novel.

[Laffy Kat]

16. Or prattle, and it's such a perfect word for what it describes. nt

[Rastapopoulos]

18. Whoremaster

Not very nice, but I heard some of the old-timers say it when I was a kid.

[NNadir]

35. My father and my uncle got into a real heated argument once, and flung that word at each other.

It was the first and last time I ever heard it.

[mopinko]

19. my dog's name is biff. it's an old nickname, but most people have never heard it.

some recognize it from back to the future, but have no idea why that name fit the guy.

[Ron Obvious]

20. I actually use these all of these words all the time, you groovy whoremasters.

Sometimes even unironically.

[Alpeduez21]

23. Honesty is hardly ever heard

[Goodheart]

24. piddle

[electric_blue68]

26. I still use "twice" and "shall". I've read "sanguine" in more recent articles

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

31. But do you use "thrice" and "shan't"?

No, I shan't have the thrice-baked potato, thank you.

[electric_blue68]

33. Bwah!

Maybe 'thrice' on a rare occasion, like - "you are thrice blessed!" 😁

[csziggy]

27. Funky

[happybird]

29. Grody

I love that word. It needs to make a comeback.

[The Figment]

34. Bogus also. Nt

[Niagara]

30. Dance Card

It was suspected that Gilbert Blyth took Anne Shirley's dance card in one of the Anne of movies. I believe it was Anne of Green Gables, but I can't remember for sure.



Before Rosemary Kennedy was lobotomized, she would get upset that her brothers would write their names on her dance card since she wanted to dance with young men at dances that weren't her brothers.


I'm disappointed that I've never had an opportunity to have a dance card.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

32. Pediddle. But, headlights seem to last longer these days.

[hurl]

39. Pled

Seemingly all at once it was tossed in favor of 'pleaded.'