I still use lots of these words. To begin with, "
shenanigans" is at the top of this blog! And Clawdia, who's much younger than I am, used the word "
caterwauling" a couple of years ago. Bookfool regularly posts "
Monday Malarkey" on her blog. Nancy (the Bookfool) and I both wonder if this is a legit compilation of words, since we use so many of them ourselves. It's originally from
Vintage, Paint and More on Facebook, who wrote:
"This list of 'obsolete words' came up in my feed and I had to laugh. Oh, so many of them come from my youth, and I still use a lot of them today. How many of them have you used or still use? Or are they words you've never heard?" [edited]
Some are words I've never seen, and at least one is not spelled correctly. "Nucklehead" should be "
knucklehead," which means "a stupid person" according to the online dictionary. I've never heard "whosemegadget" or "skewwiff." My nephew called his grandmother (my mother) "
gallivanting granny" when she took him to visit relatives in another state. Merriam-Webster spells "
rigmarole" with another
a: "
rigamarole," which is the way I say it. The other spelling is also correct, apparently. "
Audacity" doesn't seem old at all, and I need "
whatchamacallit" frequently, now that I'm getting old and forgetful.
1 comment:
Love these words.
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