Balderdash and other words millennials haven't heard
Based on a survey of 2,000 adults, the results were as follows:
Sozzled (40%) – Very drunk
Cad (37%) – Dishonest man
Bonk (37%) – Have sex
Wally (36%) – Stupid person
Betrothed (29%) – Engaged
Nincompoop (28%) – Fool
Boogie (28%) – Dance
Trollop (27%) – Woman who has casual sex
Bounder (27%) – Dishonourable man
Balderdash (27%) – Senseless talk
Henceforth (26%) – From now on
Yonks – (25%) – Long time
Lush – (23%) – Very good
Tosh – (23%) – Rubbish
Swot – (22%) – Someone who studies hard
Brill – (21%) – Brilliant
Kerfuffle – (20%) – Commotion
Randy – (19%) – Sexually aroused
Disco – (17%) – Dance club
Minted – (15%) – Rich
I don't know about you but these words comprise half of my vocabulary! Also, the loss of the word disco is (as Steps would say) a tragedy...
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I dont have any words that come to mind its more the other way the new words that my teen comes out with
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@janer1967 What are they? I'm so not down with the kids
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Some that come to mind
Ream - Good
Sick - good
And all the text talk and gaming talk -
My nephews say tight a lot which apparently means unfair. For instance to their mum, "you've only given me one pound for the shop, that's so tight!"
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I wonder if they're getting Millennials confused with Zennials? The only ones I hadn't heard there were bounder and cad.
Zennials confuse me though... Lit? Finna? Peng? Send it? Yeet?
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Yeet is a fantastic word and no one can tell me otherwise @OverlyAnxious. Zoomer and proud.
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Poppycock and tally aren’t used so often anymore either. I don’t understand those zennial words at all.
ive often thought that one should use the best words to communicate according to the audience rather than for self aggrandisement, but I’m old.“This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness.”
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courting2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡
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That’s what gets my goat
dunder head was something my dad used to call me on occasion, and of course that used to get my goat no end.“This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness.”
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Bunkum, nonsense.
what about people who used to sue for breach of promise? Ie one party calling off an engagement. I haven’t heard of anyone doing that for donkeys years, or yonks whichever you prefer. And the remedy was called heart balm!“This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness.”
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How can anyone in the UK get to millennial age without encountering kerfuffle?!
The only other person I've heard say 'yeet' with no sense of irony is my 10-year-old daughter. But you go for it @Tori_Scope!Community Manager
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What does yeet mean @Adrian_Scope?
“This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness.”
― Dalai Lama XIV -
I asked my 10-year-old.
She said, 'it's a term you can use to describe throwing something, and it can also be used to describe something that's cool.' At this point, my 13-year-old piped and said very dryly, 'No, no it can't.'
So, take from that what you will.Community Manager
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As a fellow Young Person, I too say yeet with no hint of irony.
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I'll use it in a sentence @Tori_Scope.
The word "yeet" should be yeeted out of the English vocabulary.Community Manager
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Uh, that's so not lit @Adrian_Scope. Are you even woke?
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I was going to say Yeet as hubby says it so often. I don't understand most of these new words nowadays, all too confusing!Disability Gamechanger - 2019
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Tori_Scope said:Uh, that's so not lit @Adrian_Scope. Are you even woke?
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This is the Wikipedia definition @Ami2301:a political term originating in the United States referring to a perceived awareness of issues concerning social justice and racial justice.It can be used in a few different contexts, and some people use it ironically, or as a criticism.
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