Good words that have gone out of fashion.

dogbone

macrumors 68020

Original poster

• May 18, 2006

• #1

I just heard *hark* (in the sense of *listen*) in The Piano, last night and I have resolved to include this wonderful word into my normal vocabulary.

 

gwuMACaddict

macrumors 68040

• May 18, 2006

• #2

groovy

 

B

Blue Velvet

Moderator emeritus

• May 18, 2006

• #3

There's nothing more splendid than splendid.

 

zach

macrumors 65816

• May 18, 2006

• #4

"jackball".

 

dogbone

macrumors 68020

Original poster

• May 18, 2006

• #5

gwuMACaddict said:

groovy

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Is that a nomination or were you expressing your unbounded joy at my rediscovery of 'hark'?

Blue Velvet said:

There's nothing more splendid than splendid.

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I love 'splendid'.

 

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Lau

Guest

• May 18, 2006

• #6

Blue Velvet said:

There's nothing more splendid than splendid.

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I was going to say splendid! Splendid. 🙂

 

Peterkro

macrumors 68020

• May 18, 2006

• #7

Pilgarlic,as in what are you doing sitting there like a pilgarlic,Irish:


http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pilgarlic

 

xsedrinam

macrumors 601

• May 18, 2006

• #8

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious comes to mind.

 

clayj

macrumors 604

• May 18, 2006

• #9

xsedrinam said:

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious comes to mind.

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Yeah, but the sound of it is quite atrocious.

 

Peterkro

macrumors 68020

• May 18, 2006

• #10

Mind you if you say it loud enough you'll always sound precocious.

 

zach

macrumors 65816

• May 18, 2006

• #11

Peterkro said:

Mind you if you say it loud enough you'll always sound precocious.

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um diddle diddle diddle um diddle ay.

 

Macaddicttt

macrumors 6502a

• May 18, 2006

• #12

"Hooey", as in, "What a load of hooey."

 

mad jew

Moderator emeritus

• May 18, 2006

• #13

How about beget. Maybe I'm just swimming in the wrong rockpools, but there needs to be more begetting nowadays.

 

mactastic

macrumors 68040

• May 18, 2006

• #14

bootylicious?

 

blackfox

macrumors 65816

• May 18, 2006

• #15

Thankyou.


On a lighter note:

Tart
husky
dilettante

 

mcarnes

macrumors 68000

• May 18, 2006

• #16

microsoft

 

mad jew

Moderator emeritus

• May 18, 2006

• #17

mactastic said:

bootylicious?

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Kidding, right? I'm pretty sure I use that daily. 😎

 

IJ Reilly

macrumors P6

• May 18, 2006

• #18

Heebie-jeebies. Nobody seems to get them anymore.

 

homerjward

macrumors 68030

• May 18, 2006

• #19

whereas
wherein
insofar
heretofore
smite
and more, but none on the top of my head atm.

 

skunk

macrumors G4

• May 18, 2006

• #20

IJ Reilly said:

Heebie-jeebies. Nobody seems to get them anymore.

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Nor the Screaming Abdabs. Pity, really.

 

skunk

macrumors G4

• May 18, 2006

• #21

Apropos, as an adjective: "That comment was not apropos".
Untoward.

 

jsw

Moderator emeritus

• May 18, 2006

• #22

Forsooth and verily.

 

mad jew

Moderator emeritus

• May 18, 2006

• #23

IJ Reilly said:

Heebie-jeebies. Nobody seems to get them anymore.

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Maybe it's because I'm esoteric or because I watch Madagascar too often, but I use that most days too. 😛

 

amateurmacfreak

macrumors 6502a

• May 18, 2006

• #24

Does 'tis count?? 😱 😀

And I love smite too.

 

IJ Reilly

macrumors P6

• May 18, 2006

• #25

skunk said:

Nor the Screaming Abdabs. Pity, really.

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More useful than ever, I'd say.