Tabonga | 2,528 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 https://getpocket.com/explore/item/14-colonial-era-slang-terms-to-work-into-modern-conversation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel_Doyce | 490 Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 At least 6 or 7 of those aren't uncommon today, especially in British English. I always have heard kedge as a nautical term, though. Cimcumbendibus is a nice Johnsonese or Dickensian nonsense word. Scranch is the only one I've truly never seen before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,528 Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Daniel_Doyce said: At least 6 or 7 of those aren't uncommon today, especially in British English. I always have heard kedge as a nautical term, though. Cimcumbendibus is a nice Johnsonese or Dickensian nonsense word. Scranch is the only one I've truly never seen beut fore. I have seen four of those but savvy and Simon Pure are the only two that I would consider even remotely in common usage. Fishy is obviously common here but not with that usage. I am also familiar with the macaroni usage but only because of the connection to Yankee Doodle Dandy. Edited October 28, 2020 by Tabonga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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