Forgotten and little used words Dec 14, 2019 16:46:27 GMT Nellie likes this Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostBack to Top Post by Yorko on Dec 14, 2019 16:46:27 GMT A place for words that deserve to be used moreWe've had seen this one on here before but its drifted away againSlatternan untidy, dirty woman
Forgotten and little used words Dec 14, 2019 17:21:50 GMT Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostBack to Top Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on Dec 14, 2019 17:21:50 GMT What’s the male equivalent?
Forgotten and little used words Dec 14, 2019 17:32:48 GMT Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostBack to Top Post by Yorko on Dec 14, 2019 17:32:48 GMT
Forgotten and little used words Dec 14, 2019 18:10:44 GMT Nellie likes this Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostBack to Top Post by Diamond Diva on Dec 14, 2019 18:10:44 GMT Agelast = A person who never laughsPot-valor = Courage from alcohol
Forgotten and little used words Dec 14, 2019 18:11:40 GMT Diamond Diva likes this Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostBack to Top Post by Nellie on Dec 14, 2019 18:11:40 GMT Hoick - to raise or pull something, usually with a quick movement and with effort. • They hoicked the box onto the table• He hoicked up his trousers
Forgotten and little used words Dec 14, 2019 18:18:54 GMT Berry McPaper-cuts, Nellie, and 1 more like this Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostBack to Top Post by Liv on Dec 14, 2019 18:18:54 GMT Dec 14, 2019 17:21:50 GMT Berry McPaper-cuts said:What’s the male equivalent? sloven (plural slovens)A habitually dirty or untidy man or boy; the male equivalent of slattern, or slut.A low, base, lewd person. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sloven
Forgotten and little used words Dec 14, 2019 18:27:53 GMT Nellie likes this Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostBack to Top Post by Diamond Diva on Dec 14, 2019 18:27:53 GMT Pilgarlic = A bald headPoobah = A powerful person
Forgotten and little used words Dec 14, 2019 18:29:19 GMT Diamond Diva and EarlyBird like this Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostBack to Top Post by Nellie on Dec 14, 2019 18:29:19 GMT Poobah sounds like a Gilbert and Sullivan word
Forgotten and little used words Dec 14, 2019 18:33:54 GMT Yorko, Berry McPaper-cuts, and 2 more like this Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostBack to Top Post by Diamond Diva on Dec 14, 2019 18:33:54 GMT Crapulence - Sickness from eating or drinking too much. I wish I'd known that when I was working I could have used it when ringing in sick!
Forgotten and little used words Dec 14, 2019 18:42:57 GMT Yorko and Diamond Diva like this Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostBack to Top Post by Nellie on Dec 14, 2019 18:42:57 GMT If only we'd known about this earlier....Snollyguster - nounA person, especially a politician, who is guided by personal advantage rather than by consistent, respectable principles.
Forgotten and little used words Dec 14, 2019 19:18:38 GMT Yorko, Nellie, and 1 more like this Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostBack to Top Post by cassandra on Dec 14, 2019 19:18:38 GMT Dec 14, 2019 18:11:40 GMT Nellie said:Hoick - to raise or pull something, usually with a quick movement and with effort. • They hoicked the box onto the table• He hoicked up his trousersHoick is used daily in the Newcastle/ Gateshead area as in ”hoick up yer galluses (braces) , Bonny lad, yer pants are falling doon”I had to learn the lingo when I moved there.
Forgotten and little used words Dec 14, 2019 21:35:55 GMT Yorko likes this Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostBack to Top Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2019 21:35:55 GMT Dec 14, 2019 18:33:54 GMT Diamond Diva said:Crapulence - Sickness from eating or drinking too much. I wish I'd known that when I was working I could have used it when ringing in sick! Noted.
Forgotten and little used words Dec 15, 2019 8:21:17 GMT Nellie likes this Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostBack to Top Post by lily on Dec 15, 2019 8:21:17 GMT tw*ttle - wot we all do on here ..Chatter, gossip, witter etc ..the missing letter is an a - for some reason an asterix appears ..
Forgotten and little used words Dec 15, 2019 8:37:34 GMT Nellie likes this Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostBack to Top Post by Yorko on Dec 15, 2019 8:37:34 GMT It because the 4 letter word at the beginning if the word is on the banned list
Forgotten and little used words Dec 15, 2019 9:25:15 GMT Nellie likes this Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostBack to Top Post by kerri on Dec 15, 2019 9:25:15 GMT Dec 14, 2019 19:18:38 GMT cassandra said:Dec 14, 2019 18:11:40 GMT Nellie said:Hoick - to raise or pull something, usually with a quick movement and with effort. • They hoicked the box onto the table• He hoicked up his trousersHoick is used daily in the Newcastle/ Gateshead area as in ”hoick up yer galluses (braces) , Bonny lad, yer pants are falling doon”I had to learn the lingo when I moved there.I wonder if this is where the old expression in the United States comes from.One hikes up their pants when they are falling down.