Whilst new words arrive every year e.g. selfie, has anyone noticed words that disappearing?
e.g. Perv.
Back in the 1980's I would hear "stop that you perv" whereas nowadays it is "Ohhh kinky, do that again"
Any others?
Sap
Brooks, Concert, Croke Park.
Gutties ... Trainers!
Never hear it anymore and if you say it to anyone under the age of 30 they don't have a clue :-/ .. great word though !!
Mind you I should probably check with the Ulster Scots "bouurrrd" to see if they're using it .. probably turned it into a verb or something :-/ !!!
Grammar
black and white tv licence
Thurible, genuflect, sin, immaculate conception
I thought the phrase 'property ladder' had gone in Ireland but according to politics.ie it is coming back rapidly.
The US Republicans used to say 'if it aint broke don't fix it', but you don't hear that since the financial crisis.
Fianna Fail majority
Ulster Unionist Party
Holiday apartment in Bulgaria
Decking
Billo
Catechism
Theatre of Dreams
Fergie time
Please ... thank you ... excuse me ...........
tiki taka
ground hurling
Poofter and pansy don't get used anymore
Uncle Gaybo
Spinster
Budget surplus
As safe as houses
Building society
Press Button A
Chocks away
t**ker
Vanish
Blackguard
okey dokey
Be the hokey
"What an interesting thread you've started there, Tony."
Screak
As in "the screak of dawn"
observing what happened to my previous relating to certain obsolete metalworkers, I'll also add nİgger and honky.
Record shop
Quote from: seafoid on November 11, 2014, 06:41:31 PM
Record shop
Probably the saddest one that is gone. Miss spending hours perusing. We have a used one here in Reno, can find almost anything in it, nice to while away an hour.
My least favourite word/phrase that is becoming prevalent is "life hack". Don't like the phrase and don't like the approach.
Milkman
Turfman
Segoshia.
gollywog
complan
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on November 11, 2014, 08:29:35 PM
Segoshia.
gollywog
complan
I call my youngest that all the time.
Gilabeen
Gamaroo
The pictures
dialling a number
cranking the engine
Sodality day
LP
Telephone operator
Tube for a tyre
Puncture repair solution
Army council
Security Forces
Suspect device
Collusion
Securocrats
Innocent until proven guilty
Privacy
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on November 11, 2014, 06:19:12 PM
Blackguard
Good call. Rarely hear the term bowsie anymore either.