Good words that have gone out of fashion.

[dogbone]

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]

groovy

 

[Blue Velvet]

There's nothing more splendid than splendid.

 

[zach]

"jackball".

 

[dogbone]

groovy

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

There's nothing more splendid than splendid.

I love 'splendid'.

 

[Lau]

There's nothing more splendid than splendid.

I was going to say splendid! Splendid.

 

[Peterkro]

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


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

 

[xsedrinam]

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious comes to mind.

 

[clayj]

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious comes to mind.

Yeah, but the sound of it is quite atrocious.

 

[Peterkro]

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

 

[zach]

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

um diddle diddle diddle um diddle ay.

 

[Macaddicttt]

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

 

[mad jew]

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

 

[mactastic]

bootylicious?

 

[blackfox]

Thankyou.


On a lighter note:

Tart
husky
dilettante

 

[mcarnes]

microsoft

 

[mad jew]

bootylicious?

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

 

[IJ Reilly]

Heebie-jeebies. Nobody seems to get them anymore.

 

[homerjward]

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

 

[skunk]

Heebie-jeebies. Nobody seems to get them anymore.

Nor the Screaming Abdabs. Pity, really.

 

[skunk]

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

 

[jsw]

Forsooth and verily.

 

[mad jew]

Heebie-jeebies. Nobody seems to get them anymore.

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

 

[amateurmacfreak]

Does 'tis count??

And I love smite too.

 

[IJ Reilly]

Nor the Screaming Abdabs. Pity, really.

More useful than ever, I'd say.