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Words to Reintroduce to our Vocabulary

Posted on 05/13/2021 10:50:17 AM PDT by nikos1121

Here are a list of words that we need to reintroduce into the daily conversation before they leave us completely.

Try some of them with your grand-kids.

And by all means please add your own to the list.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: bumfuzzled; caddywompuss; cattywampus; collywobbles; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; oldwords
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Thank you for that.

How about Doozy or is it Doosie


101 posted on 05/13/2021 12:32:32 PM PDT by nikos1121
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
The right to say No is the basis for all other rights.
Yes is a close second but not when you are forced to say it.

102 posted on 05/13/2021 12:32:39 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: dirtymac

Yeah, me too, but I enjoyed this. Do bad he’s a “schmuck”...

Which is another unused word....


103 posted on 05/13/2021 12:33:42 PM PDT by nikos1121
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To: nikos1121

Nary a dubosary to be seen.


104 posted on 05/13/2021 12:37:14 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (The veil of civilization is only 9 meals thick. )
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To: HoneysuckleTN
Yeah, remember those foldable TV trays?
105 posted on 05/13/2021 12:39:35 PM PDT by nikos1121
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

Dog-gonnit


106 posted on 05/13/2021 12:46:57 PM PDT by nikos1121
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To: nikos1121; All
Shitkys = darn it

Stumblebumble = uncoordinated person

Jeet?= Southern for "Did you eat?"

Nimcompoop = fool or stupid person

Bedraggled = dirty and disheveled

gobbledygook = rubbish, gibberish

flapdoodle = nonsense

wisenheimer = Self-admiring, smug know it all

Not a word but a phrase my mom used to use all of the time. For crying in a dishrag = Gracious me.

107 posted on 05/13/2021 12:47:13 PM PDT by HotHunt
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To: HotHunt

Some good ones there!!!


108 posted on 05/13/2021 12:48:16 PM PDT by nikos1121
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To: BitWielder1

F—I.W.


109 posted on 05/13/2021 12:49:36 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: nikos1121

I’d be content with “Jesus”.


110 posted on 05/13/2021 12:50:24 PM PDT by Mr Rogers
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To: nikos1121

shall not be infringed...


111 posted on 05/13/2021 1:04:24 PM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value as well as making people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: nikos1121

Libtards communists socialists new world order globalism deep state fake news


112 posted on 05/13/2021 1:07:28 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: nikos1121

Yes I do they were great for watching 3 whole channels on a black and white tv with rabbit ears.


113 posted on 05/13/2021 1:10:12 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: NWFree

And no remote control.


114 posted on 05/13/2021 1:11:05 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: nikos1121

Oh, yeah, we had some of those type dinner trays.


115 posted on 05/13/2021 1:11:10 PM PDT by HoneysuckleTN (President Trump won 2020! MAGA! WWG1WGA!)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

They probably do. That and we’re/were are autocorrect gremlins.


116 posted on 05/13/2021 1:32:20 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: gundog

A charitable way to look at it.


117 posted on 05/13/2021 1:37:55 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: nikos1121

How about mimeograph (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimeograph).


118 posted on 05/13/2021 2:39:48 PM PDT by egfowler3 (Trump Voter (Still a Deplorable, Clinger, Christian Infidel, American & vast right-wing conspirator))
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To: nikos1121

18. Line break


119 posted on 05/13/2021 2:42:46 PM PDT by TankerKC (Be first with the truth. )
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To: upchuck

Don’t forget passed and past, also two different words


120 posted on 05/13/2021 2:45:49 PM PDT by egfowler3 (Trump Voter (Still a Deplorable, Clinger, Christian Infidel, American & vast right-wing conspirator))
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