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Ye olde word of the day - Dorbel
Two insults in one with this 😂
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Butter shag an old English word for a slice of bread and butter.
Another old English word that sounds rude but isn't. I'm sure you've had a butter-shag or two. I know I have.
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Ye olde word of the day - Pediculous
Does anyone else feel like this could equally have been a Harry Potter spell? 😂
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Ye olde word of the day - Welkin
When did you last look up into the welkin in wonder?
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Ye olde word of the day - Flagitious
Have you met any flagitious people? A few politicians spring to mind.
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Ye olde word of the day - Caitiff
I know I’ve met a few caitiffs in my time, have you?
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Ye olde word of the day - Fopdoodle
Who would you call a modern fopdoodle?
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Ye olde word of the day - Bagatelle
“The whole quarrel was merely a bagatelle — not worth losing a friendship over.”
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Ye olde word of the day - Snowbroth
I think it sounds so much more evocative than slush, don’t you?
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Ye olde word of the day - Perendinate
The ultimate past time for procrastinators everywhere. 🫣
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Ye olde word of the day - Peradventure
Peraventure you might use it some time?
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Ye olde word of the day - Grubstreet
Would you accept grubstreet work?
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Ye olde word of the day - Booby
E.g. “Don’t be a booby, they don't even believe it themselves.”
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Ye olde word of the day - Pococurante
E.g. “The politician’s pococurante tone toward the voter’s earnest concerns was almost comical in its detachment.”
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On a separate project to writing amusing smut, I've come across fun old English words and phrases that sound naughty but aren't.
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Ye olde word of the day - Gorgonise
E.g. “The stranger’s gaze gorgonised the entire room; no one dared move or speak.”
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Ye olde word of the day - Farrago
I feel like my book outlining style is being outed here 🫣
In Roman times, farrago literally meant mixed grain or fodder fed to animals—cheap, assorted, and unrefined.
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Ye olde word of the day - Derf
E.g. The derf tyrant laughed at the pleas of the innocent.
Do you know any derf people?
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Ye olde word of the day - Facinorous
Do you know any facinorous people?
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Ye olde word of the day - Acedia
E.g. “The acedia overwhelmed him, obscuring any hope of a future.”
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Ye olde word of the day - Coxcomb
E.g. He’s such a coxcomb.
Does this work with some reality show contestants?
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Ye olde word of the day - Dunderhead
E.g. “You’re the stupidest dunderhead I ever saw or ever heard of, so help me Moses!” Mark Twain 1883.
Do you know dunderhead or are any of your characters one?
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Ye olde word of the day - Muckspout
E.g. Grandma was a real muckspout, her stories could even shock truckers.
Do you know any muckspouts or are any of your characters one?
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Ye olde word of the day - Ventripotent
E.g. A jolly merchant, ventripotent and prosperous, or he sat back ventripotent and content after devouring the spread.
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Ye olde word of the day - Ludibrious
E.g. “His excuses were so feeble they became positively ludibrious.” I swear I am not referencing any politician with these words, but they do seem apt.
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Ye olde word of the day - Gadabout
I would be a gadabout if only I could afford to be 😂
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Ye olde word of the day - Shrew
Shakespeare tried to tame one. Does it deserve a revival?
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Ye olde word of the day - Losel
Do you know a losel or two?
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Ye olde word of the day - Curglaff
Who knew there was a word for it!
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