Great Lost Words Of Our Time
Last night Ann had me in absolute hysterics by becoming the first person since 1991 to use the word Duds in the following sense:
Duds - pl.n. A lower undergarment, typically having short or no legs, worn next to the skin under other clothing see Underpants
This made me think that there must be loads of words that have fallen into disuse and so we splendid few should take the responsibility upon ourselves to rescue them....so come on then lets have some more lost words reused on this blog.
I'll start the ball rolling with the following:
Ding - n. A foolish or stupid person....as used in the sentence "You are a proper ding!"
Right your go.....
5 Comments:
Duds is a great word. You are just jealous cos I said it first.
I like saying 'tail' in the boys bits sense of the word.
I also like 'jinkies'in the Scooby Doo sense of the word.
That's the main ones for now, mint aren't they?
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Ann, at 17 June 2004 at 17:22
I remember discovering 'Dude' when I was about 10 and using it to beyond death...and now use it a hell of a lot again these days, but then I do Snowboard, so its kind of in the contract.
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Chris, at 17 June 2004 at 22:40
Sarah tells me this isn't an old word, but I want to add "ming", just because of its sheer versatility.
ming (noun): cruddy grungy stuff, often found in plugholes, or down the sides of cookers
ming (verb): to perform a revolting act, eg "saving your own belly button fluff for later use as cushion filing in minging"
ming (adjective): to be in a disgusting state, or to be repulsive, eg "carrot cake is minging"
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Mike, at 17 June 2004 at 23:39
Oh, and 'ding' is in current usage, mainly by toots.
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Mike, at 17 June 2004 at 23:39
Continuing with the 'Duds' theme, a word I've never used but I know 'Keks' used to be quite popular amongst the scummier element of Darlington society...I'm glad I'm from the country.
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Chris, at 18 June 2004 at 09:35
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