[News] Old fashioned words you use

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alanfp

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• Friday at 9:00 PM

• #181

flimflam

.. but only ever in the phrase "that's just marketing flimflam". It's surprising how often I find it appropriate, though!

 

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loz

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• Friday at 9:13 PM

• #182

i am told that duvet is what I call a Eiderdown ?

 

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backson

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• Saturday at 9:37 AM

• #183

loz said:

i am told that duvet is what I call a Eiderdown ?

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No, that’s a Continental Quilt.

 

Comrade Sam

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• Saturday at 10:53 AM

• #184

I still call trans women women.

 

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Coalburner

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• Saturday at 1:45 PM

• #185

Brownstuff said:

Have a butch at that

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Butcher's

 

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Coalburner

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• Saturday at 1:48 PM

• #186

maresfield seagull said:

JOEY
a term of affection for those of a certain vintage

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Also an old nickname rot the pre decimal threepeny bit

 

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backson

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• Sunday at 12:10 PM

• #187

I find that threads discussing old fashioned words are ten-a-penny. (That was a favourite of my Granddad's, that one)

 

Saladpack Seagull

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Oct 19, 2014

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Halfway Up Virginia Is Where I Wanna Be.

• Monday at 8:39 AM

• #188

Codswallop
God's Teeth!
Dumbledore (the bee not the Harry Potter character)
Twitten
Jack and Harry (bread and cheese)
Larboard (instead of port side)
Stap me vitals!

 

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loz

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• Monday at 6:03 PM

• #189

Saladpack Seagull said:

Codswallop
God's Teeth!
Dumbledore (the bee not the Harry Potter character)
Twitten
Jack and Harry (bread and cheese)
Larboard (instead of port side)
Stap me vitals!

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I use Gods struth ?

I used to live near a twiten in East Grinstead ( Bramble Twitter I think )

 

Normal Rob

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• Monday at 6:09 PM

• #190

Spiffing is a fave of mine.

Spiffing stuff.

 

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METALMICKY

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• Monday at 7:02 PM

• #191

Banjaxed as in something is ' ruined ' or ' broken '.

 

Weststander

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• Monday at 7:23 PM

• #192

Kerfuffle

 

shingle

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• Monday at 9:00 PM

• #193

lolling about

 

vegster

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• Monday at 9:04 PM

• #194

Parsimonious

 

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Canfan

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Beyond Hope

• Monday at 11:43 PM

• #195

Up with the lark. I used this phrase the other day and the youngsters looked at me as though I was doing card tricks for a dog.

 

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London Irish

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• Monday at 11:56 PM

• #196

Drinking pints of whiskey, Mark McGhee

 

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Valencia Seagull

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• Yesterday at 5:48 AM

• #197

Instead of salary I like to refer to my monthly stipend (yes I realise that a stipend has a slightly different meaning)

 

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Valencia Seagull

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• Yesterday at 5:49 AM

• #198

I also refer to the contents of fridge or larder as comestibles

 

fly high

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• Yesterday at 7:35 AM

• #199

I still say 'power cut' not the new Yankee 'power outage'. Really gets my goat.

 

PTC Gull

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• Yesterday at 1:39 PM

• #200

Indicators. Or turn signals here in the Colonies. They appear to be optional extras on horseless carriages here.