Words that have dropped out of use

[Garage_Doors]

Window licker

 

[GT49er]

R'n B meaning rhythm and blues. How the f*** the shite that is now called R'n B ever managed to big itself up to be that good and what connection it has to do with the real mccoy is beyond me

Couldn't agree more!

 

[SUIYHP]

Holy Mackerel!

 

[timbha]

Wotcha (very 70s Grange Hill).

oh dear (note to self - stop saying wotcha, it's not cool)

"argy bargy" - bugger, commentators just used it

how about spacker, fab and trendy?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Adopt one...

Save The Words

 

[seagull_special]

Yikes, Joey, spastic, four-eyes

 

[Poyetry In Motion]

Benny was another playground word used for homo in days gone by

Question. Are you a Benny tied to a tree?

Answer. No

Comeback. Errggh, Benny on the loose!

 

[Lady Whistledown]

What words do you have fond memories of that now sound totally naff?

Naff?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

We used to use "gaylord" a lot at school, back in the 80s.

Naively, I asked someone quite recently what exactly, a gaylord is. To which the somewhat obvious answer was: the LORD of the gays. Not just gay, but the absolute RULER of each and every gay in the universe. Of all playground insults that could be aimed towards a schoolboy, it was surely the most dreaded.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Also: div, spanner, spacker, tard, mental.

I utterly condemn the use of such language these days, of course

Let us also not forget the expression chinny reckon or itchy chin or variations thereof, accompanied by an exaggerated stroking of an imaginary beard, deployed to express a degree of disbelief at a classmate's story.

I would LOVE to use this at work while interviewing a suspect, nodding thoughtfully and stroking my chin while the miscreant spins a lengthy shaggy dog story to explain how he came to be climbing through that little old lady's window that night, guv. Don't think I'd get away with it though

 

[Whitterz]

flange, faggot, poo pusher, shit wink

herbert

 

[Whitterz]

Strouth!!

 

[Questions]

Here are two playground insults I don't hear at this moment in time.

Joey - from touching disabled blue peter hero Joey Deacon.

Mo - short for homo and widely used in the playground when I were a nipper

You are obviously not hanging around enough playgrounds then..........

 

[backson]

(scratching chin) oh Jimmy Hill!

 

[backson]

Pranny

 

[vegster]

excuse me......

pardon me.......

would you mind if....

 

[beorhthelm]

flid

 

[Robbie G]

Let us also not forget the expression chinny reckon or itchy chin or variations thereof, accompanied by an exaggerated stroking of an imaginary beard, deployed to express a degree of disbelief at a classmate's story.

I would LOVE to use this at work while interviewing a suspect, nodding thoughtfully and stroking my chin while the miscreant spins a lengthy shaggy dog story to explain how he came to be climbing through that little old lady's window that night, guv. Don't think I'd get away with it though

Always a classic!

 

[beorhthelm]

Adopt one...

Save The Words

nice find. though Long Play surely isnt going out of use, at least in the abriviated form its still fairly common to read LP in album reviews. I think NSC should adopt one, mingent seems fitting.

 

[Norman Potting]

Jeepers

f***ing Far Out Man

Nitwit

R'n B meaning rhythm and blues. How the f*** the shite that is now called R'n B ever managed to big itself up to be that good and what connection it has to do with the real mccoy is beyond me

Agree. How can the modern stuff be called R'n'B. I never hear a slide guitar or harp (harmonica to you uncool cats) in any of the modern stuff. Dr Feelgood=R'n'B, Beyonce no way Jose is R'n'B.

....But back to the thread. Poltroon, Rapscallion & hobbledehoy are sorely missed.