I just used the word 'hence' in an email

[GoodGirlFaith]

AIBU to want to punch the air?

Pray tell me your favourite olden day words.

Ooh another one, my husband is always saying he's just doing his ablutions! I love that phrase!

'Faff' is very common usage where I live. As in 'stop faffing about' or 'I'm not doing that it's too much faff'.

I used aforementioned yesterday.

Oh yes... I occasionally use the word "hogwash" although I'm not sure whether it's suitable in the context of old fashioned ways of speaking 🤔

He was a ‘ne’er-do-well’ - translation - an irresponsible or idle person.
Rogue
Forsooth
Fain-means gladly, as in ‘i would fain go with thee’
Eviscerate
I will be with you anon.

Nonetheless is a nice one

Mine says that as well 🤣

To be minded to do something.

Curmudgeon.

Tramp, in both senses.

Oh there's some lovely ones here. My contribution is my regular use of 'disobliging remarks' to describe a slagging off.

Well, you could claim you are as creative with language as one of the most entertaining authors in the English language, which sounds pretty impressive to me!

Have we had 'notwithstanding'. Use that a fair bit, along with hence, alas, therefore, forthwith, whereas, wherein.

My partner says that, or "I'm going to ablute now".

I quite like the saying the word purports, sycophant is good too.

Undoubtedly is a definite favourite 😍
Hereto, henceforth and herewith lovely also.

We always used to say: do you mean funny - ha,ha, or funny - peculiar.

I use perusal a lot in emails. I have attached a document for your perusal.

I favour ennui and sesquipedalian, true there is little enough chance to use them, but seldom is preferable to never!

I got my year 3 class to use flabbergasted in their writing today. 😊

Ha ha, I do love learning these phrases! When my husband used it and I'd never heard of the word before, I had to ask him what on earth ablute meant! 😳😂

Oh yes, I've thought of a few more now...

Quasi
Quintessential
Per se
By the by

Although I'm sure half of these are just used normally these days, but the people I know just never say them! 🤔😂

I love betwixt and agin.

Oh yes, I do love a semicolon; I use them at every opportunity.

I'm also partial to an Oxford comma, even though it can be misunderstood. I used it once at work (in a university, of all places!) but the recipient got the wrong end of the stick and I had to email again to explain <sigh>

I love semicolons and use them often.
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I have just written a little poem for them.

I love you, little semi
And I wish you would tell me
Why I don't see you so often now
Is it because you don't get the same 'wow'
As perhaps, multiple exclamation marks?!!!
Used to highlight dramatic remarks.

Come back to us, semicolon
Just get your little groove on
We miss you
But will renaissance you
So get ready world...
Prepare for the semi to be unfurled. ;

I’m a big user and fan of ‘posit’.

Love an albeit, a notwithstanding and discombobulated.

Also on the misused/misspelt words my pet peeve is mute being used when moot is meant.

Notwithstanding the undeniable splendour of “hence”, I cannot but applaud its deployment. I, too, derive an inordinate degree of pleasure from resurrecting words that have long since fallen from common usage. “Wherewithal”, “ameliorate”, “hitherto” and “erstwhile” are among my particular favourites, and I shall employ them at every opportunity, whether or not the circumstances warrant such grandiloquence. Indeed, I possess neither the restraint nor the wherewithal to do otherwise. Henceforth, I shall consider it my solemn duty to keep these magnificent relics of our language in circulation.

I do genuinely want to applaud a bit right now 🙌