Good words that have gone out of fashion.

[iBlue]

Swell - the ultimate Brady Bunch term
Mint - as in "that's mint mate" - meaning "good"

lest we forget COWABUNGA! (still cracks me up)

 

[jsw]

.. and Thither

I've never heard the thingular form. Here we call them thitherth.

 

[devilot]

smite

Ooh, I like it. It has been awhile since I've read it, much less heard it in use.

How about words that you'd like to go out of fashion?

Like "hella".

I'll just... walk away now.

I'm still waiting for someone to say, "coolio."

 

[iBlue]

I like snarky. (snarkiness is everywhere)

or "killer" - that's just radical man, wow!

 

[Saluki Alex]

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

I use apropos quite often actually.

 

[vniow]

I'll just... walk away now.

But its cute when you do it.

 

[iGav]

Skill.

 

[UKnjb]

Curmudgeonly
Dereistic
Quintessential
Languorous
Flibbertigibbet
Paradigm
& Dichotomy

 

[Peterkro]

23 Skiddoo.

*snorts jazz salt,goes out dancing with flapper*

 

[gauchogolfer]

One of my favorite-sounding words is 'ointment'.

Whoa, it looks kind of weird written out like that too

I vote for smite as well, that's another good one. I'm a bit of a word snob, so I'll contribute: bacchanal (for the weekends) and apotheosis (for the work week).

For those who are really over the top, check out a book by Eugene Erlich titled: The Highly Selective Dictionary for the Extraordinarily Literate, which would be a sublime example of work in this thread .

 

[sunfast]

"Wag" or "Brick" as descriptions of people

 

[Sharewaredemon]

I love words!

vitriolic is a good one.

And I've noticed panacea quite a bit lately, I like that one.

 

[skunk]

Scruff.

 

[Littleodie914]

Does 'tis count??

And I love smite too.

Haha those are two of my favorites. I can't think of any other ones I haven't already seen posted but if I do, I'll be sure to come back and enlighten you all.

 

[Shaun.P]

Poppycock.

 

[Boggle]

yon
defenistrate
sluberdegullion
scag
forsooth
trollop
oust
rigmarole

Ok, I'll stop now.

 

[Sharewaredemon]

forsooth

Oooohhhh I love forsooth.

I happen to have a penchant for words that are a combination of several.

Such as

hitherto
heretofore

and the others I like are escaping me right now.

 

[dogbone]

Jaunty​

 

[Les Kern]

Cherry!
Always hated it.

 

[Boggle]

The most difficult part abou this thread is that a poster will have to read every single reply to avoid duplicates.

 

[IanF0729]

For those who are really over the top, check out a book by Eugene Erlich titled: The Highly Selective Dictionary for the Extraordinarily Literate, which would be a sublime example of work in this thread .

I think I may buy this book. It looks fascinating (especially since my thesis concerns sociolinguistics).

As for words, I enjoy stalwart, pragmatic, jovial, repugnant, and circuitous.

I know that esoteric is already in the thread, but it is at the near top of my list.

Aw, I love English.

 

[Abstract]

Dy-no-miiite!

 

[Sharewaredemon]

As for words, I enjoy stalwart.

Stalwart is a great one!

I always liked in Family Guy when Stewie said "bastille"

 

[Savage Henry]

'behooves'



I've got a major presentation in a couple of weeks and I intend to include it on a prominent slide.

 

[devilot]

Dy-no-miiite!

'Cause you're TNT... You're dynamite?