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Words That People Don’t Use Anymore, But Should

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Words That People Don’t Use Anymore, But Should
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RE: Words That People Don’t Use Anymore, But Should
January 19, 2026 at 6:10 am (This post was last modified: January 19, 2026 at 6:12 am by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
Kvetch.

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RE: Words That People Don’t Use Anymore, But Should
January 19, 2026 at 6:36 am
Phantasm.

Or a word they probably should have used back when we were still using minced oaths like Zounds or Sblood: Scock.
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RE: Words That People Don’t Use Anymore, But Should
February 21, 2026 at 6:23 pm
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RE: Words That People Don’t Use Anymore, But Should
February 22, 2026 at 1:01 pm
Cunning, to mean 'attractive' or 'well-dressed'.

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RE: Words That People Don’t Use Anymore, But Should
February 22, 2026 at 1:02 pm
I'm sure it's still used in the UK, but no one here seems to employ the insult 'knob end'. Imma see what I can do to change that.

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February 23, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Wankpuffin was a completely new one on me. Apparently it's the same thing as a twatbadger.
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February 23, 2026 at 10:48 pm
Blunderbuss in the more modern denotation of a loudmouthed shit-spewer.

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