Words I Have Never Used

[bainbrig]

Just pondering what ‘modern’ words I never use, and never would.

1) Hi.
Hello, I’ll say, or good morning, good day, pleased to meet you, etc, but never “Hi”.

2) Poo (or Poop)
I might have used the word when I was in Primary School, but not since. I’ll use the ‘old’ terms, and if talking to a medic might say faeces or defecate, but never, ever Poo.

3) Wow.
No, I did use it once when the alternative might have needed asterisks, but it’s not part of my everyday speech.

4) Oh My God (or OMG, or Oh My Days, or any other soft non-religious euphemism).
Among friends, I might use some Anglo-Saxon term instead.

5) Awesome.
No further comment necessary.

I imagine you can add many to my list.

BB

[maggiebee]

Cockalorum

[AuntLydia]

maggiebee Cockalorum very apt lol

[ChillDoubt]

Pants(when describing something that is not very good).

Squadron(apparently that is a group of mates, at present)

Homie(to me, that is where I live-ee....or where my heart is)

[bainbrig]

Well, I've never heard of half of these, but no doubt Spath could put them into a sentence for us...

[spathiphyllum]

I use the words peng and dread a lot.. Also lowe (as in do you want cheese? "Nah, lowe that" (aka, no.)

Peng means good, tastey, amazing..

[spathiphyllum]

I most certainly could.

[spathiphyllum]

I said to my homie, "Do you want to join my Squadron?" "Lowe that", he said.. "That would be pants". "who do you think you are?" i said.. "Some kind of Cockalorum?"

[steg]

That was “delish”
Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

[bainbrig]

Blimey. I’ve been living a sheltered life here doon South.

[SparklyKid]

Never found a use for the word toerag.

[aelmpvw]

//Pants (when describing something that is not very good)//
you haven't seen my underwear

[kvalidir]

'Poop'- everyone uses that in the States it makes me cringe.
'Preggers' is my absolute top pet hate. It makes me almost homicidal.
'Hubby' Arrrrgghhhh.
'Dear son, Dear Daughter / DS, DS' thing some people do- Why? Why not just 'my son' etc.
Lots of 'street slang' especially when used my Eton educated posh boys
'Dat is BARE expensive fam'- mate you're from Tollshunt D'arcy and your Dad is a Barrister and your Mum writes for Tatler.

So many actually, I'm a real judgemental cow :) x

[zebo]

'End of' at the end of a sentence, an attempt to close down a discussion, an aggressive version of 'so there', you have to be from the NW to know that one, I think.
I don't think I've ever consciously started a sentence with 'So...'.
When did we start to 'fill out' forms rather than 'fill in'?
'Can I get......' when I should say 'May I have....'.
'Burgalize' rather than 'Burgle'.

I'm off or I'll be here all day!

[spathiphyllum]

the word fam makes me cringe. Same as the word "Cuz" (for cousin)

[SparklyKid]

So many actually, I'm a real judgemental cow :)


Yes, cannot argue with that.

[kvalidir]

Well we agree about something then Sparkly :)

[-Talbot-]

Don't get a pint for me...I've had enough.

[NellieMay]

'Hun' which seems to be regularly used by today's young women to address everybody. Makes me cringe.

[SparklyKid]

I would never say " the wife" . Some it seems are happy with " my man" or "himself" .. Just kidding.

[kvalidir]

Yeah 'Hun' and 'Babes' Nellie, and 'BAE', although my partner calls me 'Babygirl' sometimes which I know is slightly cringey too, but suits his accent/voice and I like it lol x