Words We Simply Don't Use Anymore
October 15th 2010 02:44
It got me to thinking though about the number of words which (due in large part I guess) we don't use anymore given our penchant for shortforms, social change and technology.
Some, such as the term gay - which I was stoked to have read just a few weeks back in reference to the 'young, gay Prince Charles' who was about to embark on his first royal tour of Australia back in the 50s with his parents QEII and Prince Phillip - but others have simply vanished from the modern venacular.
OK, so rapscallion may not come up as part of every day conversation but cool words like donnybrook, skullduggery and calamity seldom get a look in these days.
How often do we refer to a skirt or dress as a frock nowadays, let alone men wearing 'britches' rather than trousers or refer to our mates as 'chums' rather than 'buddies'.
Australianisms such as cobber and tuck shop are so old school for instance that I think the school not only closed years ago but probably burnt down.
. . . and of course no-one can ever use the word 'groovy' enough - or can they?
I'm sure there's hundreds - if not thousands of others which are on the virtually extinct list - and would love to hear what you have to say.
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Comment by Spring-Heeled Jack
Over.Exposure