Words that have sadly gone out of fashion for no apparent reason

[katie1997]

Tiffin

[giggirl]

OliviaDee Wrote:

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> frock

I say frock all the time. It's a brilliant word.

[OliviaDee]

it is. my father calls them pretty frocks - pronounced pret-ay. very old fashioned. lovely.

[Jah Lush]

Boutique

Discotheque

[OliviaDee]

which i remember pronouncing dissoth-e-kew to all my friends at about 13 thinking i was really cool

[Brendan]

Wireless.

[GSJ57]

Gramophone

Record Player (I miss my Dansette!)

Hi Fi

[GSJ57]

Posted twice for some reason

[randombloke]

Ghettoblaster.

Poppinjay.

Scrote. As quoted in The Sweeney.

Gay meaning light and frivolous.

By Jiminy.

Personnel.

Groovy.

Goughty.

Floccinaucinihilipilification.

Respect.

[legalbeagle]

Beejesus. As in "That scared the beejesus out of me!"

Cripes.

Yikes.

Zounds.

ps Giggirl is right. Frock is a marvellous word, used frequently. As in "posh frock".

[randombloke]

legalbeagle Wrote:

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> Beejesus. As in "That scared the beejesus out of

> me!"

>

> Cripes.

> Yikes.

> Zounds.

>

> ps Giggirl is right. Frock is a marvellous word,

> used frequently. As in "posh frock".

Lol Leaglebeagle sounds like an episode of Scoooobie Doo, in which vein Gotten and Pesky, "I'd have gotten away with it if it wasn't for those pesky kids"

[SteveT]

swizz when you have been cheated somehow 'what a swizz'

Gertcha I think it means 'get out of it' or 'come off it'

backo'myhand is a thump across the head

Phrases that have disappeared.....

We have plenty of well paid jobs here!

We are awash with honest and straight forward solicitors who do not overcharge at ?550 per hour.

We have the best politicians money can buy who never fiddle their expenses.

[Narnia]

Wireless, gramophones, record players......if they've gone out of fashion for no apparent reason then I'm a Dutchman.

[Brendan]

Well my radio still looks and behaves pretty much the same as my grandad's did. So why don't I still call it a wireless? At some time in the early 80s did some bright spark suddenly notice the power cable?

and I don't see why these alleged "DJs" need to call their gramophones dex or whateverthefuck they do.

[PeckhamRose]

Brendan - so weird a coincidence Miles Hunt is playing as we speak.

Oh, the topic:

Spangles.

[Brendan]

On the wireless?

[PeckhamRose]

On the gramaphone.

[Keef]

Yonks

[daizie]

leg over

[PeckhamRose]

Spiv

[YellowC]

Bint

[????]

Bonk

[Narnia]

Gotcha

[randombloke]

Narnia Wrote:

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> Gotcha

Please not the horror that was Noel's Houseparty

[daizie]

bunk up