old fashioned words.

Cockalorum boastful, shortarse small in stature person

While eating my bran flakes at breakfast this morning I remembered my Mum used to say we all need our "roughage" - nowadays it's called fibre but it's still effective ?

Cherrytree, I love that word.

We don't hear much about 'rogues' these days or a 'doxy' - or a 'spinster'

I haven't been flummoxed for a long time! I love that word.

Frock - dress just isn't the same!

I say frock

I like 'frock' but haven't used that word for years. I might re-introduce it to the granddaughters! Another word came to mind recently, but I've forgotten it .....

Well that's lovely Anniebach it's a great word!

Posh frock sounds nicer than best dress ?

Courting and wooing.

Flibbertygibbit..

Wireless

Cad and bounder..

Oh courting that's a lovely word too

Gramophone

Old Scots
winching = courting

Wench as used by my late FiL

Courting

Not heard anyone say "jiggerypokery" for a long time. With the current situation with Oxfam et al, I think it's time for a comeback.

And "pinny" for apron seems to have vanished too.
And I always say "frock" too, Annie, nicer than dress.

"Winching" was in common use when I was at school in Ayrshire. That was 60 years ago, so does that qualify it (or me) as 'old Scots'?

That's a load of claptrap
or tommyrot

Oops annodomini
I didn't mean as in archaic
Just old as in my grandmother would enquire if
'I was winching' and if he was a 'gud laudie'

I used to go to the pictures, sometimes by Shanks's pony

My daughter gets annoyed when I talk about wearing "posh frocks". Nothing like winding up a daughter. I don't think she quite gets the meanings we had about wearing our "posh frocks."