To ask for words and phrases you no longer say?

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Not really an AIBU, but I wanted a good list! DH and I were talking about words and phrases we used to say frequently as children in the 80s and which now we rarely use or hear. Some of these refer to things that no longer exist, or which have become rare, some have fallen out of fashion, some now seem tasteless or prejudicial. Would love to hear some more! (And doesn’t need to be from the 80s.)

ozone layer
polystyrene
crybaby
wicked (as a term of approval)
teacake
space race
Indian summer
gooseberries

'What the Dickins' and 'smashing', although those were probably from the 60s/70s rather than the 80s.

"The pictures" I say cinema now, but I still prefer "the pictures".

A record being 100mph or a stomper
Northern soul lingo

'Div' and 'Eggy' - meaning moody/stroppy in the '80's 😂

I'd forgotten spod!

I still use all of these! Except for Indian summer I think. 🤔

We no longer say “Chinese wall”. It’s now an “Information barrier”. I never viewed Chinese wall as being derogatory or offensive - I thought it was just a reference to the Great Wall of China.

things I remember my Nan (born 1912 in the Black Country)saying
She’s no better than she ought to be (it always referred to a woman)
they’re neither use nor ornament
you’re like a fart in a colander
Are you courting?
’avin a nozzack (being nosy)
sterra(sterilised milk)
In response to being asked what was for tea she always said shit n herrings - without the ‘errings

And also from Jackie, "heavy petting". 😂

I bought some yesterday. Warburton’s Fruity Teacakes 😋.

haven't said the word ‘Joey’ since a child in the 80s

I say inset day now so everyone knows what I mean but in my head they are still Baker days.

Very confused about polystyrene. Does it have a new name now? I was complaining only this week about the number of bin bags I've filled purely with polystyrene from all the flat packing furniture I've been building.

And I have a teacake in a cafe at least once a week. Sometimes with jam and butter, sometimes just butter. The one in town I go to most often provides 4 pats of butter per teacake which is an excellent ratio.

Partly as a direct response to this thread, discussed ‘spending a penny’ with two young adult colleagues of mine (under thirty), after someone happened to say it. Although they both knew it referred to going to the toilet, and one mentioned her grandad used to say it a lot, neither realised it meant that you had to pay a penny to use a toilet facility.

Living in sin.
Unmarried mother.
Common law wife/husband.
Illegitimate.

Probably because the initial panic back then was about depletion of the ozone layer causing more UV radiation reaching the Earth's surface causing skin cancer etc. rather than the affect on heat being trapped by the atmosphere by CO2 as well

As long as Brits don’t call it a ‘movie theatre’, I don’t care.

In my long ago, miss-spent youth, we went to the pictures.

And swimming pool rules poster..no bombing ,no heavy petting as a kid learning to swim at the local baths no idea what that meant

Gordon Bennett!

Living over the brush.
Being a kept woman.
In the family way.
Not being ladylike.

I always used to hear my nan call someone titty fellore (or something very similar). I’ve heard other people of her generation say it but I haven’t heard it since about the 90’s.

Could it have been Titty Flo? For obvious reasons, this is a tricky one to google, but I found this. https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/366823/origins-of-the-phrase-titty-flo#:~:text=Ask%20Question,flo%2C%20lets%20go%20now..

I wondered whether it was a Ken Dodd saying. I quick search found he used to say ‘tattyfilarious’ meaning funny.

Tittyfaloo? I've heard that one before. No idea how it's spelt!

Are you sure you weren't mishearing Petits Filous?!

Nope! It was in connection to actual tits