English words that have long been forgotten which we should bring back to daily use.
https://thelanguagenerds.com/20-awesome-historical-words-we-should-bring-back
Twatting
Gossiping idly about unimportant things.
Grumbletonians
People who are angry or unhappy with the government.
Frobly-mobly
Neither well nor unwell.
https://thelanguagenerds.com/20-awesome-historical-words-we-should-bring-back
Twatting
Gossiping idly about unimportant things.
Grumbletonians
People who are angry or unhappy with the government.
Frobly-mobly
Neither well nor unwell.
said Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams.
However, she subsequently apologised for her mistake, saying that she had meant to say Paris, not Switzerland.
Personal favorite from the same article:
Kakistocracy
Goverment by the least qualified or worst people.
Applicable worldwide.
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These insults are from an era before the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words. Insults then, had some class!
"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily."
- Charles, Count Talleyrand
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?"
- Mark Twain
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork."
- Mae West
"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily."
- Charles, Count Talleyrand
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?"
- Mark Twain
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork."
- Mae West
This is part of an ad for a new shop in Yzer. When I pointed out that the sentences are contradictory (thinking that perhaps it was a translation error, since the owner is Afrikaans), she said that she could just as well have said FOR WOMEN ONLY! Men welcome. I'm still confused. Is it just me?
Town Hall Station - Sydney
Just wondering ... when did the word "Exit" become difficult to understand?
This is way out, man, way out!!
Here's a few more English words that have long been forgotten which we should bring back to daily use.
I post just a few at a time, so as not to tax (excuse the pun) anyone's attention span
. Apparently the attention span of the human race is declining, particularly when it comes to reading. Most people want pictures, which is why Instagram is so popular. Say no more...
Lanspresado
Someone who always conveniently shows up with no money.
Callipygian
Having beautiful, well-shaped buttocks.
Ultracrepidarian
Somebody who gives opinions about topics they know nothing about. [plenty of those around!!]
I post just a few at a time, so as not to tax (excuse the pun) anyone's attention span
. Apparently the attention span of the human race is declining, particularly when it comes to reading. Most people want pictures, which is why Instagram is so popular. Say no more...Lanspresado
Someone who always conveniently shows up with no money.
Callipygian
Having beautiful, well-shaped buttocks.
Ultracrepidarian
Somebody who gives opinions about topics they know nothing about. [plenty of those around!!]
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