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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: NCDragon

Oyes, good one. Okie-Dokie


41 posted on 05/13/2021 11:09:39 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: HippyLoggerBiker

Onion paper


42 posted on 05/13/2021 11:09:52 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: nikos1121

Casualties of war.
Cannon fodder.
Bullet stops.
Targets of opportunity.


43 posted on 05/13/2021 11:10:07 AM PDT by Mathews (It's all gravy, baby!)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

Badda-beem-badda-boom


44 posted on 05/13/2021 11:10:18 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: Sacajaweau

I used the money unit of “Two-Bits” and some young engineers had to be educated on the meaning.


45 posted on 05/13/2021 11:12:29 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob
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To: AFreeBird

Carbon Paper


46 posted on 05/13/2021 11:12:49 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob
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To: AFreeBird

Flimsies


47 posted on 05/13/2021 11:12:54 AM PDT by HippyLoggerBiker (Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake. )
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To: DoodleBob

>>Posh-posh, hi-if, record player, poltroon, and one that never went out of favor, bad-as-Springsteen.

HiFi shop sketch from Not the 9 oclock news
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvswW6M7bMo


48 posted on 05/13/2021 11:13:01 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. L)
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To: DoodleBob

>>Posh-posh, hi-if, record player, poltroon, and one that never went out of favor, bad-as-Springsteen.

HiFi shop sketch from Not the 9 oclock news
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvswW6M7bMo


49 posted on 05/13/2021 11:13:01 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. L)
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To: nikos1121

I thought a “git” was a word for “gun”?
= = =

That would be a “Gat”, from Gatling Gun.


50 posted on 05/13/2021 11:14:20 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob
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To: Scrambler Bob

you’re right


51 posted on 05/13/2021 11:16:45 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: nikos1121

Negress


52 posted on 05/13/2021 11:17:42 AM PDT by Stormy_MS1 (CHINA VIRUS!!)
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To: Scrambler Bob

I bet no one remembers that one..

Shave and a hair cut..two-bits


53 posted on 05/13/2021 11:17:51 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: nikos1121
> I thought a “git” was a word for “gun”? <

You’re thinking about “gat”.


Yes, ma’am. It is.

54 posted on 05/13/2021 11:18:02 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: HippyLoggerBiker

Yup that’s the word.


55 posted on 05/13/2021 11:19:24 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: teeman8r

+1


56 posted on 05/13/2021 11:20:45 AM PDT by Irenic ( )
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To: nikos1121

merkin


57 posted on 05/13/2021 11:23:07 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: nikos1121

Than and then. Two words each with it’s own meaning. Although you’d never know it after reading some posts here.


58 posted on 05/13/2021 11:27:55 AM PDT by upchuck (Corporations don’t pay taxes. They collect them. From us. ~ h/t Little Ray)
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To: nikos1121
No.

It is a two letter word signifying refusal.

It is apparently horribly hard for people to say at first but with practice they get better at it.

Soon they are living normal lives and have quit lying to get along with people who are insane. After a year they no longer care about the opinion of the insane.

At that point they grow a backbone and become a fully functional adult.

59 posted on 05/13/2021 11:29:43 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (May their path be strewn with Legos, may they step on them with bare feet until they repent. )
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To: nikos1121

Slow Poke...Hoity Toity...Booger-Bear...Two Ton Tannie


60 posted on 05/13/2021 11:30:31 AM PDT by lee martell
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