Words that are going out of fashion / usage

HAL9000

When I was a lad I remember people using thrice but it struck me the other day that it’s a word you rarely hear now. Checked in an online dictionary which described thrice as Archaic (which surprised me as I clearly remember my parents using it but that was probably the best part of sixty years ago).

Another one that seems to be falling out of use is lorry. My grandson will usually say truck. My daughter who works in publishing confirms that books (even those destined for the British market) will use truck rather than lorry.

I suspect there’s a lot of words like this - I don’t mean words like groat or doublet which describe something that doesn’t really exist anymore - more things where a different word is becoming the accepted norm.

fastonebaz

"out"  for starters. 

Fingers657

Minge seems to have gone out of fashion .

Jalapeno

Thrice was used by Frankie Howerd a lot, as in "Nay, Nay and thrice Nay !" - it's not THAT archaic

S56035

Please and THank you.

HAL9000

fastonebaz said:

"out"  for starters. 

Thanks. Corrected now.

Sporky

Jalapeno said:

Thrice was used by Frankie Howerd a lot, as in "Nay, Nay and thrice Nay !" - it's not THAT archaic

He died over thirty years ago, and I'd suggest his heyday (a word that's probably gone out of fashion) was probably half a century ago. 

RocknRollDave

‘Comic’, which has been replaced by the utterly wrong ‘Comedic’.

Philly_Q

Albeit.  I just used it in another thread and thought "hmm, that's going out of fashion".

Timcito

Did anyone ever say 'smashing' to mean 'brilliant/very good'? My brother and I used that one growing up in the 60s.

I also remember 'Get knotted!' as an insult. How mild it now sounds!

Adey

"Can I have...."

SimonC

The word “skill”, used in a multitude of applications in the 70’s

eg: “Skill, my sister just slipped on some white dogshit!”

Adey

"Super" seems to have replaced "very" or "really"

Philtre

"Truth"

maharg101

"Spastic" has gone, and whilst I understand the reasons, it was so fitting for so many...

Reverend

Timcito said:

Did anyone ever say 'smashing' to mean 'brilliant/very good'? My brother and I used that one growing up in the 60s.

I also remember 'Get knotted!' as an insult. How mild it now sounds!

Perhaps linked to a decline in blouses

Kurtis

Adey said:

"Can I have...."

May I have....

Can I get is fine. 

 

Reverend

Adey said:

"Can I have...."

I plan to say May i get... to mess with people 

maharg101

Reverend said:

Adey said:

"Can I have...."

I plan to say May i get... to mess with people 

Mayn't I be permissioned to acquire

slacker

Honesty integrity...

Sporky

Kurtis said:

Adey said:

"Can I have...."

May I have....

Can I get is fine. 

 

Though the correct answer is usually "no, it's my job to get it for you".