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.

Oh I was going to say notwithstanding. But didn't know if it fitted.
Love 'albeit' too
To opine

Nah, there's a missing apostrophe and it's making me ill.

I quite often say/write “herein” and “hereinafter” and “vexed”.

I shan't tell you what word I used today.

I like 'presently' but I like it best when it means 'now'.

I also like paraphernalia and plethora but not sure if they're old fashioned.
Favourite word of the moment is Vermillion. It just rolls off the tongue.

My favourite word is haberdashery. 🥰

I often suggest to my friend that she gets her myrmidons to help her

Have we had ensue and circumscribe (sorry, I haven't RTFT)? Both everyday words for DH but not,I suspect,for many others.

Though the word everyday seems to have lost its actual meaning,so maybe that's a new 'old' word!

Ergo.

Massively underused.

I did this too today. Hence seemed the only fitting choice. I also like to shoehorn in the odd hitherto when the moment strikes.

Another vote for 'albeit'

@seahorsessky

"Newsagent.
Off licence."

Blimey, I'm officially an old fart then!

As long as it wasn’t ’hence why’ 🤣

It's not a real word, but in my family we say 'overmorrow' when we want to say 'the day after tomorrow'

I wish it was a actual word.

Such magnificent eloquence in your prose!

It’s not eloquence, it’s archaic obfuscation.

Albeit

I used the word 'miscreants' recently. It was the perfect word at the time but I did catch myself and thought this is probably the first time I've ever said this word out loud or needed to.

Usurp is also a good word to get in an email or presentation

I’m Scottish and love to sprinkle “outwith” in emails/presentations

I have lots of African friends, they use it as standard. They use quite formal language.

They use a lot of words on this thread, declared rare, possibly because they get given the classics to read.
I don't think forgotten is unusual, but it's often said, on here, that it isn't a real word. I also use dwell.

GRUNTLED

ie opp of disgruntled

Gruntled means pleased, happy, or content.

Meaning and Usage

• Definition: An informal and often humorous adjective meaning in good humor or satisfied.

I quite surprise myself that I have the wherewithal to use that word - often...

Strumpet is my favourite. That''s what I called DH's OW!

See also "hussy".

My lovely late dad used to call rowdy young men "Herberts" and I still do that now.