Wow! What?

[bainbrig]

What did people say before they had lobotomies and said “Wow!” about EVERYTHING?

Is there no other word expressing surprise/delight/whatever?

When did WOW come to be the only word people know?

BB

[ummmm]

It isn't. You need to listen more. Wow has been used for as long as I can remember.

[bainbrig]

Not long, then.

[Islay]

first recorded in Scots in the early 16th century.

[goodgoalie]

I blame Kate Bush

[emmie]

don't say it much, as there isn't much to go wow about to be honest.

[aelmpvw]

i tend to say strewth

[-Talbot-]

Wow! What


Wow?

I want candy

[sunny-dave]

Gordon Bennett ...

[emmie]

the one that gets me is, Literally after every sentence, grrr

[mccfluff]

not sure i've said wow today, or yesterday or...., my life must be free of wow moments

not sure whether to be happy or sad about that

[vulcan42]

I think it began just before everybody started a sentence with "so"but just after people started a sentence with "well".

[Bathsheba]

Be proud and happy fluffy, I would use a swear word where others would say wow ;)
Baths
x x x

[Bathsheba]

vulcan, and replaced th sound with f?
Baths
x x x

[bainbrig]

emmie: a bloke I worked with used to come out with phrases like “I literally died.”

Once he asked me “Are you inferring that I’m an idiot?”

“Stan,” I said, “I thought for a moment you were confusing ‘imply’ and ‘infer’, but on reflection you weren’t, and you were quite right.”

He went off scratching his head, literally.

BillB

[mikey4444]

The word that used to bother me was "basically"

Scattered about in sentences, willy-nilly, with a complete disregard for its relevance or meaning,

as in "Yeah, but basically like, blah, blah, blah........"

Just like Vicky Pollard !

[bainbrig]

Quite agree Mikey. I love words, but I do get upset when they’re misused/overused/etc - it’s the precision I like!

[sunny-dave]

Woteva ...

[mallyh]

in the 60's far out was used a lot .

[vulcan42]

Bathsheba, yes. I was listening to radio 2 the other day and the traffic reporter referred to an accident on the A twenny-free.