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Words we don't use any more

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Magenta8 Sun 10-May-26 16:52:51

I was thinking about words that my parents used that are not in common usage anymore.

The ones that spring to mind are; slacks (trousers), wind cheater (anorak), wireless (radio) and drawers (knickers).

I am sure there are many more and probably some interesting regional words that have fallen into disuse.

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Oreo Tue 19-May-26 12:45:51

Jaberwok

A bounder and a cad!

Love those, let’s bring them back into use😁

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Jaberwok Tue 19-May-26 12:44:43

A bounder and a cad!

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Jaberwok Tue 19-May-26 12:41:01

Scaramouche, Shilly Shallying.!

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Witzend Tue 19-May-26 12:32:35

Blithering (idiot)

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JoyBloggs Tue 19-May-26 12:23:48

'Snogging'... that's a good one Miss A !!! grin

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MissAdventure Tue 19-May-26 12:18:41

Courting, snogging.

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fancyflowers Tue 19-May-26 11:53:26

Bonnet
Bloomers (my mother wore them)
Twist dress
Whitsy (Whitsuntide) best (clothes)
Courting
Foreign muck (my mother again, meaning garlic and anything that wasn't cabbage)

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Oreo Tue 19-May-26 09:52:51

Boadicea

Gran22boys

Twit or twerp
Daft isn’t used much now either
Gribbles (bits of batter when you buy fish & chips.

What you called gribbles (I love that word!) we call scrumps.

I call them scraps😄

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Oreo Tue 19-May-26 09:52:21

Pandemonium

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NotSpaghetti Tue 19-May-26 06:41:54

Also mithered, mithering and mither

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gentleshores Tue 19-May-26 03:21:38

Nithered. I only remember my Grandmother saying that though.

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Boadicea Tue 19-May-26 02:37:49

Gran22boys

Twit or twerp
Daft isn’t used much now either
Gribbles (bits of batter when you buy fish & chips.

What you called gribbles (I love that word!) we call scrumps.

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Gran22boys Sun 17-May-26 23:08:54

Twit or twerp
Daft isn’t used much now either
Gribbles (bits of batter when you buy fish & chips.

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Allira Sun 17-May-26 21:00:13

Spiv

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JoyBloggs Sun 17-May-26 20:45:22

Oops, just saw counterpane and nylons blush

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JoyBloggs Sun 17-May-26 20:41:48

Great thread, thank you Magenta... haven't managed to read it all so apologies if I'm repeating words that have already featured...

Counterpane
Winklepickers
Clodhoppers
Nylons (=stockings)

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Allira Sun 17-May-26 20:05:54

Nanny27

jacjacky i know the word 'lairy' to be used as slightly drunk

And loud, perhaps aggressive.

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Cardamom Sun 17-May-26 19:21:49

Nylons. Gymslips. School satchels.

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Oldnproud Sun 17-May-26 18:52:57

Crimplene

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Nanny27 Sun 17-May-26 14:11:41

jacjacky i know the word 'lairy' to be used as slightly drunk

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MissAdventure Sun 17-May-26 12:35:04

Lairy is still used quite a bit here.
Also about people getting lairy: gobby in other words.

Showing off - sulking, having a tantrum.

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FindingNemo15 Sun 17-May-26 10:24:41

Lino - flooring
Big Girls Blouse - my Dad ?
No Shenanigans - no rumpy pumpy

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Jaxjacky Sun 17-May-26 10:00:28

I used a word just now, lairy, as in ‘her outfit is very lairy’, as some of mine were years ago according to my Dad.

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Grannynannywanny Sun 17-May-26 09:43:56

Thinking back to my nursing days in the 70’s and the white hospital counterpanes . Patients were allowed to smoke in their beds back then 😳

Student nurses were scolded by the ward sister if they didn’t remember to lay a towel across the bed to rest the ash tray and prevent cigarette ash drifting onto the white counterpane. It seems unbelievable now!

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JackyB Sun 17-May-26 09:16:03

I think I remember that dressing gowns were also made of candlewick

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