Old fashioned speech

[Yaayuh!]

I don’t have an issue with old-timey speak.

I do have an issue with some of the absolute trash new words/phrases coming out of the current millennial/teen generation.

 

[Merlin5]

That post was a hint to use the correct term in your title. It was a long shot and didn't land well

Oh I see. Yes, you're correct, vocabulary would be more appropriate in my thread title.

 

[Chris Wilson]

Nice, meaning exact or just so. As in, it's a nice fit.

*******, engineering term meaning non standard size.

Which brings to mind:

Out of wedlock

Living over the brush

Nullius fillius

Child born without

##########

Siren (as in overtly sexual woman)

Charabanc

Piquant

Parasol

 

[Freakbro]

Ginnel as in an alleyway, probably a northern word, maybe Manchester or Yorkshire?

Discombobulate (to confuse) A barrister I once instructed used it and I realised immediately his bill was likely to be similarly grandiose. (It was )

Serendipitous

Cherubic

Workhouse

In the doghouse

Parlour (and parlourmaid)

Condiments

Best silver

I've used discombobulated twice this week

I'd also use serendipitous, condiments and in the doghouse when appropriate, I wouldn't class those as old fashioned.

I think there's a difference between 'old fashioned' words, such as 'spiffing' that fall out of favour and 'parlour' or 'larder' that just become redundant and words that don't get used much just because people on the whole have a limited vocabulary.

 

[rubberduck]

Gymnasium

 

[LabR@t]

Fag - meaning cigarette.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fag

Do people still use the word these days?

Yes, going for fag is still a thing

 

[Jean-F]

Yes, going for fag is still a thing

Maybe so, but it would be wise to be a bit circumspect in its use, I once went into a bar in rural Georgia with another Londoner friend, who had left his cigarettes in the house that we were renting, we’d just arrived, and dropped our wives there to do the unpacking.
The bar was deserted, save for the barmaid, and two bikers playing pool.
It was a beer and wine place, no liquor licence, so I asked for a beer for my friend, and a glass of white wine for myself.
The barmaid said, “Anything else guys?”
My friend said, “Got any fags love?”
The two bikers slowly peered in our direction, then looked at each other, disgustedly shaking their heads.