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Old words you dont hear much nowadays.
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over a year ago
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"I say loads of these! I will add slattern, frock, and wireless to the list. My grandad said them regularly. "
Oohh I got a new frock today as it goes!!  |
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Ho there varlet. My postillion has been struck by lightning
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Gadzooks, zounds both exclamations of surprise
Wassail, bottoms up, down the hatch (drinking)
Point Percy at the porcelain, see a man about a dog, shake hands with the underemployed
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'Shan' (a cruel shame) and 'looks like something that fell off a flitting' (looks untidy.) Heard those on the daily as a kid, but rarely now.
Thankfully there are a good few slur words and offensive terms which have died down a lot too. |
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And sheath, which was the polite version of rubber johnnies (also old fashioned now) when I was growing up, a.k.a. condoms these days.
My mum was most insistent that a sheath was 'something you put your sword in' whenever I asked - the double entendre going completely over her head  |
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""It's good night from the bbc"...followed by the drum roll and National Anthem.
Along similar lines, how many 'youngsters' would know what a test card was?!"
the girl with the chalk board lol |
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