Old Fashioned Words We Should Bring Back

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  1. kestyke

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    Bojob - A useless or terrible thing, performance, or action undertaken by a racist narcissistic egoistic lying plagaristic blonde fat tub of lard.
     
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    Would that apply to a SINECURE ? Someone who is well paid for doing nowt.
     
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    Dunno, more for master procrastinators, such as I, I think.:rolleyes:
     
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    Flim flam
     
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    Vexed. A word that describes my feelings about almost everything regarding this country and my football team at the moment.
     
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    Tregetour, is a trickster.
    Whoreson, 18th century word for an unpleasant or greatly disliked person.
    Don't you just love it. Just imagine them being bounced across the dispatch box at PMQ.
     
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    The kids would be well onside with Starmer if he started calling Boris an 'Untrustworthy Tregetour'
     
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    I would have bought tickets hear Dennis Skinner calling the opposition Rapscallions, Picaroons, Montebanks, Dastards and Varlets.
     
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    Susie Dent's twitter account is great for these:
     
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    Very specific, not surprised it fell out of use. At least now it can be brought back for a short while....
     
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    I think 'Twonk' is a massively underused and straight to the point slight of tonge. No watershed needed.
     
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    Susie Dent at her lexical finest.

     
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    Three words, but really think they should be brought back.
     
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    Jingoistic = Boris
     
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    5hitface 5hitmiester = Bozo & Co
     
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    Kuuntz & cronies=bozo the CU--. Please fill in the blanks.
     
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    Good Shakespearian put down:

    “Heaven truly knows that thou art false as hell”

    Othello (Act 4, Scene 2)
     
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    Damn. Who put a swear filter on this ancient word for vagabond. #$%@
     
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