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In light of The Books, Books, Books thread... What words are not used enough any more

March 12 2014

I read a lot, and wish I could use more words in everyday language... But most people would not get the nuance of their use....................BESEECH is one, and BESMIRCH is another. I like CONVIVIAL, STRUMPET, TROLLOP AND WENCH. The words convey more than their base meaning, and we are losing depth in our language... So what are your favourite words, that you cannot use often enough....judge

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  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    Us poms do like the intricacies of the English language. I have a few favourites myself. Bollocks being just one, lol.

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    All outstanding words.

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    (*getting wet in anticipation)!! I have a few but by far my fave is slubberdegullion. Love it! Love it! Love it!! Such a shame it fell out of use. Kisses, J (Mrs) - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    Plethora :-)

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    It reminds me and makes me wonder that a lot of my love of words comes from hearing Dr. Smith use them in the show. I read a lot back then too. . I enjoy the sound of Bible verses spoken in older English because They have more feeling, imo. . Anyhoo, words. WONDER is on the top of my head today. Simply beautiful.

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    My favourite word though, that I just can't use enough ... fuck.....I will dig up the Word For All Seasons page and post it.....quite incisive

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    I BESEECH you all, not to BESMIRCH my character on this, most CONVIVIAL of web pages. I mean BOLLOCKS, I am only trying to get laid. However, I did go looking for a wanton STRUMPET, I mean, FUCK it, i may have a bit of fun!! I went to the pub, and offer a WENCH a pint of ALE, or LAGER. I gave her as much as she could handle served by a buxom STRUMPET, and joined her in a PILSNER or two, at the end of the night, I landed up with a STOUT SLUBBERDEGULLION on my arm as I left. It was SCURRILOUS, and made me a little BITTERS (apologies to funlover). I took her back to my QUAINT home, hoping things wouldn't get out of hand, as I would hate for her to get angry and DEFENESTRATE my sorry arse onto the front lawn!! Although there is a PLETHORA of soft objects I could land on, no doubt I would hit a rose bush and WONDER what the hell just happened! The moment of realisation would not be one of SERENDIPITY, but would likely bring about a MIASMA emanating from my aforementioned arse. It turns out that a WONDERful night was had by all, and we lived happily ever after!! Judge...

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    It was a night of wonder for all, or, it was a night that caused many to wonder... . Peachy

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    I missed it on the way through... it's enough to make me wonder...

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    Why is it that when i fucking try to do something different, i just fuck it up. You know what, it's all fucked up, this whole forum thing is a head fuck, and I don't know if I can be fucked any more.I joined so that I could get a fuck, I have been fucked over twice, and I can't fucking take it any more. It's not supposed to be this fucking hard! Where are all the fuckers that are supposed to be out there, and why the fuck don't they contact me, do I have fucking leprosy? Fuck me gently...FUCK!

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    You Fucking happy ShyPrincess?? All lies, lies and damned lies.... Loving being on here. Judge..

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    Good one judge!

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    Oh I so love the word fuck! In all it's connotations. But I'm gonna go with the word aesthetics :-)) - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    But definitely not away with words..........love them embrace them,treat them irreverently or hold them sacred....wots not to luv in a wordy word fest....twist them,bend them shaaaaaape them chchange them,wrangle them.......as Slippery once said Judge....Words are my biatches...and if ya got em,flaunt em I say :-) xx Q

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    Quoting 'InAdditionTo' (*getting wet in anticipation)!! I have a few but by far my fave is slubberdegullion. Love it! Love it! Love it!! Such a shame it fell out of use. Kisses, J (Mrs) I fell in love with Slubberdegullion, and went looking on the old interweb... I found this passage, which I could not help but share with my wordy brethren! I hope you enjoy it as much as I.. I think it deserves to be in red!!! English, whatever its other merits, has as many disparaging words as one would possibly desire. The example that follows is from Sir Thomas Urquhart’s translation of Rabelais’ Gargantua and Pantagruel, dated 1653, which draws heavily on vocabulary used in Scotland in his time: The bun-sellers or cake-makers were in nothing inclinable to their request; but, which was worse, did injure them most outrageously, called them prattling gabblers, lickorous gluttons, freckled bittors, mangy rascals, shite-a-bed scoundrels, drunken roysters, sly knaves, drowsy loiterers, slapsauce fellows, slabberdegullion druggels, lubberly louts, cozening foxes, ruffian rogues, paltry customers, sycophant-varlets, drawlatch hoydens, flouting milksops, jeering companions, staring clowns, forlorn snakes, ninny lobcocks, scurvy sneaksbies, fondling fops, base loons, saucy coxcombs, idle lusks, scoffing braggarts, noddy meacocks, blockish grutnols, doddipol-joltheads, jobbernol goosecaps, foolish loggerheads, flutch calf-lollies, grouthead gnat-snappers, lob-dotterels, gaping changelings, codshead loobies, woodcock slangams, ninny-hammer flycatchers, noddypeak simpletons, turdy gut, shitten shepherds, and other suchlike defamatory epithets; saying further, that it was not for them to eat of these dainty cakes, but might very well content themselves with the coarse unranged bread, or to eat of the great brown household loaf. - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

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    12 years ago

    Nuff said!!!