Academics at York University have uncovered 30 words 'lost' from English language. They include:
Snout-fair is a word for handsome.
Dowsabel means "lady-love".
Nickum A cheating or dishonest person
Peacockize To behave like a peacock; esp. to pose or strut ostentatiously
Rouzy-bouzy Boisterously d*unk
Ruff To swagger, bluster, domineer. To ruff it out / to brag or boast of a thing
Tremblable Causing dread or horror; dreadful
Awhape To amaze
I'll be using these as much as possible today. I might even get a bit touzy-bouzy tonight and at the weekend hopefully there'll be some dowsabel
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By *uciyassMan
over a year ago
sheffield |
"Academics at York University have uncovered 30 words 'lost' from English language. They include:
Snout-fair is a word for handsome.
Dowsabel means "lady-love".
Nickum A cheating or dishonest person
Peacockize To behave like a peacock; esp. to pose or strut ostentatiously
Rouzy-bouzy Boisterously d*unk
Ruff To swagger, bluster, domineer. To ruff it out / to brag or boast of a thing
Tremblable Causing dread or horror; dreadful
Awhape To amaze
I'll be using these as much as possible today. I might even get a bit touzy-bouzy tonight and at the weekend hopefully there'll be some dowsabel
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Jasus im feckin banjaxed after reading all this |
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By *rrol.BMan
over a year ago
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I'm curious as to why lost English words have American spellings.
Did they pop the Zs in there to appeal to a global audience?
Finally, slug-a-bed wasn't lost. It has been in use in my family for as long as I can remember. Most often to describe a teenage me. |
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"I'm curious as to why lost English words have American spellings.
Did they pop the Zs in there to appeal to a global audience?
Finally, slug-a-bed wasn't lost. It has been in use in my family for as long as I can remember. Most often to describe a teenage me."
The use of z is the English way. It was the French I think who changed them to s. We are doing it al wrong. |
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By *rrol.BMan
over a year ago
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"I'm curious as to why lost English words have American spellings.
Did they pop the Zs in there to appeal to a global audience?
Finally, slug-a-bed wasn't lost. It has been in use in my family for as long as I can remember. Most often to describe a teenage me.
The use of z is the English way. It was the French I think who changed them to s. We are doing it al wrong."
Oh! Well, there's a fact I didn't know. Many thanks  |
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