Words that change over time.

[Surrey_Albion]

The phrase ' laugh out loud' has dramatically been shortened over the past few years, but I am not going to say what it is now.

you mean LOL?? damn I thought everyone that txt me was giving me Lots of Love, gutted they dont love me they laugh at me!!!!!

 

[Cappers]

"I'm buzzing...."
WTF? Are you a wasp?

 

[The Large One]

Enormity
Meat
Forest

... are three that spring to mind.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Aitch is turning in to haitch
Have is being turned in to of
Although not in my house!

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

"I'm buzzing...."
WTF? Are you a wasp?

Maybe it's the long day at work but that genuinely made me Laugh Out Loud

 

[wilko1]

A courier originally used to be generally motorcycle messengers, taking small packages between offices etc
And a carrier the guys in vans/lorries transporting larger volume boxes/pallets......now Courier is used by the general population

When I was younger it was considered common to pronounce H as 'h aitch'.....rather than the usual 'aitch'
Now anyone under a certain age uses the former

 

[Cappers]

Apparently, SICK now means something is good....

Wicked = something good

 

[Twinkle Toes]

A courier originally used to be generally motorcycle messengers, taking small packages between offices etc
And a carrier the guys in vans/lorries transporting larger volume boxes/pallets......now Courier is used by the general population

When I was younger it was considered common to pronounce H as 'h aitch'.....rather than the usual 'aitch'
Now anyone under a certain age uses the former

Well it used to be - until it got re-branded/Yankified as sodding Logistics (and to my great horror our packages are, apparently, now 'shipped' rather than delivered).

Sake.

 

[pasty]

Apparently I now drink Americano with milk and not white coffee

 

[Twinkle Toes]

ps When did the word BAD become a term that meant something or somebody was good?!

 

[Twinkle Toes]

Apparently I now drink Americano with milk and not white coffee

Would that be 'to go'?

 

[Bold Seagull]

I like pussy. It now seems to mean CLUNGE

Whereas 'clunge' is actually a building process using lumps of chalk and lime mortar which is evident of much of Brighton's Victorian housing stock, similar to using flint in bungaroosh walling.

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

Slightly OT but why do people use the expression 'in a heartbeat'?

Why, oh why do we have to Americanise everything?

 

[pasty]

Would that be 'to go'?

Indeed, and naturally I would have started my request with the words "Can I get"

When did that replace "May I have"

 

[half time scores]

Words that change over time

The word 'S***k' (rhymes with punk he says not wanting to get into trouble for using lewd and lascivious language on here) used to mean
'having some spirit, bravado, a bit of daring do'.

Now if you say to a feisty lady "you seem to have alot of s***k" , You get a slap!

 

[Icy Gull]

Flange

Use this word in front of young person and they will either laugh or look shocked/embarrassed

It used to mean one of these

Google Image Result for http://www.aquafitting.com/flange.jpg

 

[HovaGirl]

I like pussy. It now seems to mean CLUNGE

Clunge came from Reggie Perrin. The mad Scots chef used to say, angrily while waving his meat cleaver about: Up yer clunge!

 

[Rugrat]

Apparently I now drink Americano with milk and not white coffee

skinny or fat?

 

[Rugrat]

Summer - used to be between about May and September, it was warm and the sun came out

 

[The Large One]

A courier originally used to be generally motorcycle messengers, taking small packages between offices etc
And a carrier the guys in vans/lorries transporting larger volume boxes/pallets......now Courier is used by the general population

When I was younger it was considered common to pronounce H as 'h aitch'.....rather than the usual 'aitch'
Now anyone under a certain age uses the former

'Courier' is an anglicisation of the French 'currere' - meaning 'to run'. A courier was a runner, often of messages - without the use of a two-wheeled hair-dryer.