Words and phrases that have sadly fallen out of use.

[Svartalf]

My mum still says "five and twenty past" the hour and "five and twenty to" the hour.

She is 90 this year.

interesting retention of a natively Germanic usage whereas the current "twentyfive" habit follows a more latinate trend.

[Svartalf]

My ass is in a sling

(ps i don't know what it means anyway?)

Think trebuchet.

mmmh? still trying to save energy on transcontinental transportation are you?

[Hermit]

My favourite meaning shift...

You might enjoy reading this short article on the meaning shifts of words.

[owtth]

My ass is in a sling

(ps i don't know what it means anyway?)

Think trebuchet.

mmmh? still trying to save energy on transcontinental transportation are you?

This is one of those phrases that made me go looking and I never found a good source, consensus seems to be a sufficient kick in the ass that you need to be carried in a medicinal type sling, but the most fun is that tail gunners in certain WWII bombers sat in a sling. I've read about the trebuchet as well but far less than the others. Still only anecdotal.

[MrFungus420]

Viddy well, me droogs, viddy well. Appy-polly-loggies. I had something of a pain in the gulliver so had to sleep. I was not awakened when I gave orders for wakening. I am feeling a bit shagged and fagged and fashed, it being a night of no small expenditure. I can't make up my rassoodock what to do with the evening. Maybe I'll start off at the Korova milkbar for some milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom. Be off! Or, I'll tollchock your yarbles! Ahhh...what I need now, to give it the perfect ending, is a little of the old Ludwig Van.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

No applause please. Just throw money.

Ya sure about that? I've got a sling and several rolls of pennies...

[Rum]

Every other word that Clinton posts.

[Pappa]

My favourite meaning shift...

You might enjoy reading this short article on the meaning shifts of words.

Cheers Seraph, that was a good read.
Bookmarked for future reference too.

[Feck]

Minced oaths .....does really mean gay oaths ?

[Pappa]

Minced oaths .....does really mean gay oaths ?

[Clinton Huxley]

Every other word that Clinton posts.

A most lamentable state of affairs. I believe the fashionable savants of language deem it "progress".

[Coito ergo sum]

Viddy well, me droogs, viddy well. Appy-polly-loggies. I had something of a pain in the gulliver so had to sleep. I was not awakened when I gave orders for wakening. I am feeling a bit shagged and fagged and fashed, it being a night of no small expenditure. I can't make up my rassoodock what to do with the evening. Maybe I'll start off at the Korova milkbar for some milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom. Be off! Or, I'll tollchock your yarbles! Ahhh...what I need now, to give it the perfect ending, is a little of the old Ludwig Van.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

No applause please. Just throw money.

Ya sure about that? I've got a sling and several rolls of pennies...

Got a baseball glove right here! Send 'em on up!

[Animavore]

No one calls women "wenches" and "hags" any more. It's all "bitches" and "hos" now

[Svartalf]

Every other word that Clinton posts.

A most lamentable state of affairs. I believe the fashionable savants of language deem it "progress".

Forsooth, it doth not fit the definition of the term where a more proper designation would be impoverishment of speech

[Svartalf]

No one calls women "wenches" and "hags" any more. It's all "bitches" and "hos" now

Actually, wenches just became a fixture of renfaires... and "hag" has become a non PC term due to the huge increase in number and politico-economic power of overaged bitchy nags.