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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
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.
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posted on
05/13/2021 12:32:39 PM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: dirtymac
Yeah, me too, but I enjoyed this. Do bad he’s a “schmuck”...
Which is another unused word....
To: nikos1121
Nary a dubosary to be seen.
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posted on
05/13/2021 12:37:14 PM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(The veil of civilization is only 9 meals thick. )
To: HoneysuckleTN
Yeah, remember those foldable TV trays?
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
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.
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posted on
05/13/2021 12:47:13 PM PDT
by
HotHunt
To: HotHunt
To: BitWielder1
To: nikos1121
I’d be content with “Jesus”.
To: nikos1121
shall not be infringed...
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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... 😁)
To: nikos1121
Libtards communists socialists new world order globalism deep state fake news
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posted on
05/13/2021 1:07:28 PM PDT
by
NWFree
(Somebody has to say it)
To: nikos1121
Yes I do they were great for watching 3 whole channels on a black and white tv with rabbit ears.
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posted on
05/13/2021 1:10:12 PM PDT
by
NWFree
(Somebody has to say it)
To: NWFree
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posted on
05/13/2021 1:11:05 PM PDT
by
NWFree
(Somebody has to say it)
To: nikos1121
Oh, yeah, we had some of those type dinner trays.
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posted on
05/13/2021 1:11:10 PM PDT
by
HoneysuckleTN
(President Trump won 2020! MAGA! WWG1WGA!)
To: HartleyMBaldwin
They probably do. That and we’re/were are autocorrect gremlins.
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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. )
To: gundog
A charitable way to look at it.
To: nikos1121
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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))
To: nikos1121
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posted on
05/13/2021 2:42:46 PM PDT
by
TankerKC
(Be first with the truth. )
To: upchuck
Don’t forget passed and past, also two different words
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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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