Words that are going out of fashion / usage

Kittyfrisk

mudslide73 said:

They used to say "rack off, you dag, Scott!" on Neighbours for a while.

Dagging is still in popular use among sheep farmers 

robgilmo

I think as attitudes change so does wording, few people still have the ability to say ''oh well'

Kittyfrisk

robgilmo said:

I think as attitudes change so does wording, few people still have the ability to say ''oh well'

... don't ask me what I think of you

I might not give the answer that you want me to.

Adey

Literally a word that literally isn't going out of fashion is literally the word "literally". It is literally used all the time. Literally.

Grunfeld

I recently read that "shall" is falling out of usage.  I still use it, and I shall continue to use it, probably all the more since reading it's an endangered species.

Gosh, golly, crikey, and blimey all originally resurfaced in my lexicon of Beano-esque swearing for [vaguely] professional situations, but I've carried them into everyday life.

Kurtis

Y'all basic. 

guitars4you

Disposable income - savings - treats  

Unless you add the word 'No' in front of them 

Nitefly

RichAC said:

In my experience, people seem to be fine with thousands of years of linguistic evolution… as long as it stops as soon as they hit middle age or so.  

I recall Our Maud once saying something was "pants", and our then-14-year-old daughter being horrified - "Mum, you can't say that - you're old!"

PLOP

Codpiece? 

I use a word that I know isn’t coming into fashion because it’s funny. 

“Nonce”. But in the context of “not happening one time”. Twice, once, nonce. 

Kurtis

Pissflaps. 

nero1701

shut yer vapid moosh

Timcito

Grunfeld said:

I recently read that "shall" is falling out of usage.  I still use it, and I shall continue to use it, probably all the more since reading it's an endangered species.

Gosh, golly, crikey, and blimey all originally resurfaced in my lexicon of Beano-esque swearing for [vaguely] professional situations, but I've carried them into everyday life.

Many new developments in language come from the US. Over here, 'shall' is almost never used. I imagine that this trend is being imported into the UK.

HAL9000

Adey said:

Literally a word that literally isn't going out of fashion is literally the word "literally". It is literally used all the time. Literally.

…and mostly when ‘figuratively’ would be more appropriate.

MagicPigDetective

Timcito said:

Grunfeld said:

I recently read that "shall" is falling out of usage.  I still use it, and I shall continue to use it, probably all the more since reading it's an endangered species.

Gosh, golly, crikey, and blimey all originally resurfaced in my lexicon of Beano-esque swearing for [vaguely] professional situations, but I've carried them into everyday life.

Many new developments in language come from the US. Over here, 'shall' is almost never used. I imagine that this trend is being imported into the UK.

I don’t think I’ve ever used shall much.  Always used ‘ will’ 

Timcito

MagicPigDetective said:

Timcito said:

Grunfeld said:

I recently read that "shall" is falling out of usage.  I still use it, and I shall continue to use it, probably all the more since reading it's an endangered species.

Gosh, golly, crikey, and blimey all originally resurfaced in my lexicon of Beano-esque swearing for [vaguely] professional situations, but I've carried them into everyday life.

Many new developments in language come from the US. Over here, 'shall' is almost never used. I imagine that this trend is being imported into the UK.

I don’t think I’ve ever used shall much.  Always used ‘ will’ 

Yes, the dropping of 'shall' has been in motion for quite some time, particularly among modern generations. In (relatively) modern times in the UK, it's something I've associated with poshness. I had a posh girlfriend in the 90s who used 'shall' (with 'I' and 'we') at least as much as she used 'will.' .

boogieman

Fingers657 said:

Minge seems to have gone out of fashion .

Likewise “fanny”. 

My neighbour said he “had to dash off to the khazi” the other day, haven’t heard that word since the last time I watched Carry On Up The Khyber. 

robgilmo

Kittyfrisk said:

robgilmo said:

I think as attitudes change so does wording, few people still have the ability to say ''oh well'

... don't ask me what I think of you

I might not give the answer that you want me to.

Can't help it 'bout the shape I'm in
Can't sing, I ain't pretty and my legs are thin

Offset

Bodacious.

Razz, as in 'on the...'

Punctilious.

Flange.

Gosh.

Jeepers.

La-di-da.

robgilmo

Bought , people dont buy things anymore, they bring them.

Shrews

Bubble Gum

Does it even exist any more?  Chewing Gum seemed to win the battle of the gums and I can't say I've heard a person say 'bubble gum' for years.