Anonymous
Post 04/23/2024 14:15     Subject: Re:Fortnight and other old words
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I like some of the violent words:
eviscerate
defenestrate
tarred and feathered
drawn and quartered.

Using them like "he eviscerated the person who damaged his car" or "she defenestrated the man who made a rude sexist remark to her" sounds so much more formal than some of the modern ways people describe such engagements.


flayed


Yup, another good one!
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2024 14:11     Subject: Fortnight and other old words
Can we bring back “pal around” or just pal to refer to your friend?

Also love all the mongers.

My upper elementary aged kid recently pointed to an array of something and I really wish array was more commonly used!
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2024 14:04     Subject: Fortnight and other old words
Fortnight is still commonly used in the UK.

Anonymous
Post 04/23/2024 14:03     Subject: Fortnight and other old words
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There's a deficit of interesting vocabulary in the USA due to the terrible education system. Words like "fortnight" are used throughout the English speaking world.


I was watching an idiotic British show with my mom (I think it was Absolutely Fabulous) and she pointed out how even in these lowbrow shows the vocabulary is richer than American vocabulary. For example, the two women went on a stroll, not a walk.


This is why I think most people incorrectly use the word "further" when they actually mean "farther." (Most of the time you are referring to an actual distance, for which you would use farther). I think they think saying further sounds fancier, ergo they sound smarter. When in reality they're using the wrong word...
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2024 14:02     Subject: Re:Fortnight and other old words
Anonymous wrote:I like some of the violent words:
eviscerate
defenestrate
tarred and feathered
drawn and quartered.

Using them like "he eviscerated the person who damaged his car" or "she defenestrated the man who made a rude sexist remark to her" sounds so much more formal than some of the modern ways people describe such engagements.


flayed
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2024 14:01     Subject: Fortnight and other old words
wysiwyg

odsbodikins

bejesus

dungarees
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2024 13:52     Subject: Re:Fortnight and other old words
I like some of the violent words:
eviscerate
defenestrate
tarred and feathered
drawn and quartered.

Using them like "he eviscerated the person who damaged his car" or "she defenestrated the man who made a rude sexist remark to her" sounds so much more formal than some of the modern ways people describe such engagements.
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2024 13:06     Subject: Fortnight and other old words
Bristle
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2024 23:50     Subject: Re:Fortnight and other old words
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:alight


Isn't "alright" just the informal version of "all right", not a previous, older version? Like anywayS vs anyway.


Is "alwrong" a word? No and alright is not a word.
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2024 23:39     Subject: Fortnight and other old words
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There's a deficit of interesting vocabulary in the USA due to the terrible education system. Words like "fortnight" are used throughout the English speaking world.


I was watching an idiotic British show with my mom (I think it was Absolutely Fabulous) and she pointed out how even in these lowbrow shows the vocabulary is richer than American vocabulary. For example, the two women went on a stroll, not a walk.


You are kicked off this thread for thinking AbFab is idiotic and lowbrow, and for thinking stroll is a "rich" term.


Preach!
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2024 21:44     Subject: Re:Fortnight and other old words
Coquette
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2024 20:45     Subject: Re:Fortnight and other old words
betwixt
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2024 18:54     Subject: Re:Fortnight and other old words
Peckish.
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2024 17:57     Subject: Fortnight and other old words
Anonymous wrote:Farrier


That poof is even farrier than the last. I swear that lisp is a put-on.
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2024 17:51     Subject: Fortnight and other old words
Pixelated
Spiffed
Over-served
In his cups