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.

Tickety boo!

What a brilliant thread!
I say a fair few of the previously mentioned words and phrases. I regularly say ‘marvellous’, ‘jolly good’ ‘good golly’ ‘you baffoon’.

All my eye and Betty Martin!

My Dad calls everything the doobrey, usually shortened to: doob.

Ablutions

Up before the beak

All said by my dear old dad who deplored slang and the glottal stop. His favourite expression when expressing surprise was "Never in the creation" whilst he knitted brows. Has become a family favourite now he has departed (promoted to Glory)

'An absolute stinker' is also good when describing a louse of a man (or a heavy cold)

@Gatekeeper my df would tell us he needed to perform his ablutions

Fire service still refers to motor drivers (MDs for short)

I don’t think Daft Apeth just comes from Yorkshire. My dad used it all the time and he was from South Wales living in the West Midlands. As a child I thought an Apeth was a baby ape 🙄

We use Daft Apeth here in Monmouthshire

I do this at work all the time. Doobrey, doodad or thingamabob is much easier to say then sphygmomanonmeter!

Oh, and I once got laughed at for referring to a man as looking dashing.
Nothing wrong with a dashing man!

You might be right. I got it from my mum and she's from Devon.

Mention of dashing has reminded me of a friend who always used to call a handsome man dishy or a dish. I may revive that.

My son and i both say: much to my chagrin.