New words for old things

[MerryMarigold]

I've just been looking at swimwear and spotted the 'monokini' on quite a few sites, which is .... wait for it....a swimsuit.

I mean... why? Is it supposed to sound more glamorous?

Any other new, irritating words to describe something which has had a perfectly good name for a long time?

Property. All the housing shows "ah yes, this is such a lovely property'. No one lives in the first property on the left or the property next to the pub. It's a HOUSE!!

Another good one is what was "personnel" then became "hr" now I know someone who is "head of people".

That's brilliant @tobee 😆😆

I, for one, feel terrible that I was unaware of our new overlord but will of course now defer to their infinite wisdom, once they make themselves known to us mere mortals.

That just sounds like the irritating overly-extroverted and self-important person to avoid being seated next to at dinner parties at all costs.

‘My truth’ : a version of reality which no one else recognises or acknowledges (a k a a fib)

’ genocide’ : a man being prevented from doing exactly as he pleases, even though this would upset and disadvantage lots of other people.

’bigot’ : someone I disagree with, but can’t quite refute.
’hateful bigot’ as above, but with the added annoyance of lots of other people agreeing with them.

literal violence : no physical violence at all.

"Coverless duvets" seem suspiciously similar to quilts to me.

Not quite a new word thing but putting reusable in front of things. I've seen adverts for a 'reusable biro' - was a fountain pen - and reusable tissues. Which used to be hankies when I was a lass.

High-rise shorts instead of midis.

<stares hard at M&S>

The property will be a lovely 'space' I'm sure.

I was just looking for this one.
"Gifting" otherwise known as giving away your old shit.

I thought this was the meaning of staycation, too, but I noticed the usage changing during Covid, with more people holidaying in their own country.

"Super" is the new "very", as in "super excited", "super healthy", etc.

And even better, I've heard it pronounced with a hard g!

My exams were invigilated in the 80s. I've never heard of exams being supervised.

And has done since at least the beginning of the 20th century although its origins are old English.

It always comes up on those threads where people can't cope with what they perceive as "Americanisms" and they're always disbelieving when they discover that "reach out" predates American English by about 3 centuries. (as do most phrasal verbs)

My ten year old ds uses "yeet" to mean "throw"
I can't work out if this is an actually thing or just my ds making stuff up 🥴😊

Looking forward to, or even, vaguely anticipating = excited.
It's everywhere. Part of this strange hyper inflation of language going on at the moment.

I notice there's a thread on "lighthouse" parenting. Or, allowing children to swim in the sea.

(Though I clicked on the article referenced and it's from some loony parenting magazine that only talks about dying, death, and all the unspeakable tragedies that can befall humankind- obviously the point of the article being unsupervised children in the sea drown)

You do you = do what you bloody want.

That has always been the case.

Pre loved -second hand
Bone broth -stock

Exams were invigilated in the 70's, and a gilet was a bodywarmer.

My pre teens call the work top a counter!!!

Flip Flops / Sliders. Although I know they are slightly different!!

Always been a counter where I am (Ireland).

My 13 YO has said that too.

More and more lately I'm hearing the word often being replaced with 'oftentimes'.

‘Terrified’ now means a bit worried

‘Conversation’ instead of discussion or debate.

pinkie for little finger