To think "smashing" is a thoroughly underused word these days?

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My colleague (fabulous old boy, clearly had a whale of a time in the sixties) used it today and I thought, you just don't hear that enough!

Even better - "smasher", as in he/she's a smasher.

oh yes, yonks is still much used in my family.

totalmisfit, you are not alone. I'm worse than that in fact.
But I do have a creshingly smart eccent

"Kent" sounds fine, really, don't you think?

Ah, had forgotten

'what a bore!' when something goes mildly wrong.

And

'He really is a creshing bore' about a poor conversationalist

utter tripe also springs to mind in this context.

man alive! what a topping thread.

'rather!' reminds me of my grandad, who used it instead of 'yes please!'. you need the stress on the second syllable: ra-THER! and plenty of up-n-down intonation for maximum effect.

Rascal and scallywag.
I say it to the children all the time, 'oooh you rascal'

And utter tripe1
Yes, also 'what tosh' or utter rot.

Oh yes VS, DS is often called rascal, scallywag and skellum . Thoroughly smashing words.

lashings

lashings of ginger beer

cake with lashings of cream

simply splendid, daaahhlink.

I am a lady not to be trifled with.

I say absolutely wizard thread!

Simply heaps and heaps of good examples.

Off to collect my little scamps from pre-school now.

Harry Enfield's Brief Encounter spoof always makes me laugh - it gets in in the first minute the whole sordid,awful,terribly,ghastly nasty vocab of the film..

uk.youtube.com/watch?v=RIhVE41Zac8

mischief as in 'you are a mischief'

there aren't and modern words for scallywag etc for boys!

Lashings , oh how wonderful.
I may wake the DC's up at midnight tonight, for a midnight feast

Smashing is good. Far better than 'stunning' which I hate and is used all over the place.

oh we are fond of rapscallion in our house

Right, does anybody else out there "Oopsadaisy" without a trace of irony?

Just me then...

I think I might have duchesse. One of those things that you learn during your formative years that never really leave you...even though you want them to.

i do duchesse, frequently

my dear departed pa (born 1916) used to say "right ho" and "by Jove"
quite a lot

My granny used to say indijaggers for indigestion (or any discomfort of the digestive system really). Not sure if it was copyright hers or a well-known term but I like it.

I love "Heavens to Betsy!"

And "groovy"

has anyone said 'bally' ?

what about 'botheration' and 'pooped'(as in tired)?

botheration! just the thought of it soothes my soul...
It controls all chaos, that word.

Am very fond of the word groovy to describe almost anyone or anything of which I approve, but worry that (assuming it was coined or anyway gained popularity in the 60s) it is dangerously modern and indeed an anachronism in the midst of all these other fine words.

Just off to tie a spotted headscarf under my chin and go for a spin in the Jag with Leslie Phillips. Ding dong!