Words and phrases that should be revived

[NotanNHSnurseanymore]

At the risk of sounding like this post was written by Enid Blyton or perhaps PG Wodehouse....

• Jolly decent
• You sir, are a cad and a bounder! (NB, you need steely eyes for this one)
• Rather, old thing!

Apropos of not very much, but usually when my colleague and I have agreed on a tricky situation, I like to refer to them as Comrade.

A fit of pique……thank you for starting this thread by the way

Having conniptions

Nincompoop. I used to call my children this when they’d been a little bit dim. They loved it 🤷‍♀️🤣

Spiffing!

High Jinx

High days and holidays

All of it makes life sound more fun. Bring them all back!

Haha. I call my kids that too!

I'm a fan of 'splendid' as in 'that was a splendid high tea!'

What ho! and ahoy there. So much more heartfelt than a shuffling hi or alright.

I say "Rightio" but in the manner of a R.P actress of the 1940s ilk pretending she is a cockeneee

Ooh yes! (See username!)

Most agreeable.
Artful.
Having a 'turn'.

Diamond of the first water
Popinjay
Cheerio
Blackguard
Rotter

I agree with every single post
"Tophole"

Scallywag

Oh I say

Jolly hockeysticks

Elbow to the wheel

When the sun goes over the yardarm

Toodlepip

Capital

My word/stars

• You sir, are a cad and a bounder! (NB, you need steely eyes for this one)

I hear this quite often, several of my male friends use it as a good natured insult when one of them has been a bit of a lad.

Old bean

Nicknaming tall men ‘Lofty’

Different era to most of these but I enjoy saying ‘hip’ and ‘square’, and sometimes ‘cool cats’

Motor car, motor lorry, and motor omnibus.
Double points if you refer to listening to the wireless set in your motor car.
Gyratory instead of roundabout - if it's good enough for Hanger Lane it's good enough for universal use.
All rather spiffing words to my mind.

Plus just about everything mentioned above so far.

Reticule
Portmanteau
Britches
Frock

Whenever I read Wodehouse I feel like I was born in the wrong decade*, language-wise.

"That man is a fur-lined, copper-bottomed, ocean-going buffoon" was a high point of frustration with a college some years ago. (Said to DH rather than any other colleagues!).

I know there's research which says that swearing can be indicative of greater vocabulary and higher intelligence, but I find the above far more satisfying than "utter twat". (Actually the word 'utter' doesn't get out as much as it should).

*I was actually born in the 70s, to parents born in the late 20s/early 30s who introduced me early to a wide range of literature, which I think explains a lot.

Whenever I read Wodehouse I feel like I was born in the wrong decade, language-wise.*

This is me too. I think exactly the same when I read a Saki short story or watch the film Kind Hearts and Coronets.

Oh this reminds me! I've recently been going through a box of old papers from my late mother, and there's a fabulous typed account of a tour of mid-Wales undertaken by my great-grandparents in 1915 in a motorbike and sidecar, written by my great grandmother who was evidently a fairly formidable character.

She refers to the motorbike and sidecar as the 'bus' throughout and, thrillingly, they met a 'charabanc' on the road!

'Swyve' as an alternative to 'fuck'.

Also I have a fantastic story about my mum in an electronics shop trying to buy a radio and the resulting wild miscommunication entirely down to differing understandings of the word 'wireless' but you can probably imagine it and I'm in danger of taking over the thread...