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.

Swyve is superb

I described someone as an absolute blighter today and just got goggled at. Bah

Similarly I swore and said "balderdash" and also "Horsefeathers" and the person in proximity looked as if they "needed a good big dose"

I used to work with my esteemed colleagues and often referred to them as such.
Sometimes referred to my children as toerags - usually little toerags.
Because I was such a good eater, my dad sometimes called me a good trencher woman. I thought it was a compliment until I later read it in a Bertie Wooster book.
Oh - and I sometimes refer to things as a load of old tosh.

For of the vapours.

jolly good show.

I have an elderly friend who describes things as 'super'. I love it!

I bought this book for 10p a few years ago. It was written in 1934 ans it had various flowers pressed between the pages. I managed to germinate the seeds dried within which pleased me no end.
Any way...I digress. Book was written 1934 so I will read this tonight and pepper my speech tomorrow with all manner of delights. I am a tubby 62 year old scruff so using archaic words in every day speech (parlance) makes me feel like I am some svelte bright young thing in a Bertie Wooster novel

Blisters..it would help if I posted the photo

Tell all..we are agog

Tally ho
More power to your elbow
That's not cricket

That sounds absolutely brilliant. Lord Peter Wimsey refers to his jalopy as the old bus

It just struck me that in my family we do refer to "motoring". As in, "We motored down to Dorset".

Is that archaic or is the word just suddenly sounding wrong for no reason?

It does have a touch of Toadie from Wind In the Willows to it... i'm thinking brown leather gloves with three little buttons up the dude.

*Up the side!!!

Oh I love that. I can just imagine! My mum always calls it a wireless too.

My DH answers the phone with a hearty 'Ahoy there!'
🤣

Forlorn. A good friend found this word as her several year relationship ended, sadly. She derived quite a lot of comfort from saying "I am forlorn", when asked how she was doing. A kinda satisfying word to say, that you have to say slowly and forlornly . . .

Nooo. You have to tell us about the germinated seeds too! Please.

Cockahoop 😁

Reading the updates has reminded me of my favourite Jane Austen line (I mean, there are many but...):

'I give you leave to like him.'

Also, the word 'doobrey.'

What my dad called the television remote control.

i use spiffing (and a few of the other ones mentioned in this thread) quite a lot.

And before anyone asks: i also swear like a trooper.

My granny used 'doobrey ferkin' in place of a forgotten name for anything!

A load of old codswallop for something thought to be rubbish.

Nincompoop is lovely - abbreviated to ninny as well in my family.

My father always referred to someone's 'fizzog' for face - always made me laugh!

I think I prefer up the dude. Has the ring of a classy insult to it, somehow!

i still use that. My DD was showing me a picture of her friend's new baby and i said "aw, look at his little fizzog" and she took ages to work out that it comes from "visage"

And Doobrey Firkin.