Words that were once common, now gone extinct

[LF240]

Do employees of Dial America use rotary phones? Either way, I usually "hang up" when I get a call from one of their telemarketers.

 

[CoogarXR]

Not a word per se, but when I'm making a purchase and am asked for my phone number, instead of saying 83X-XXXX I'll start off with Vernon. Always stops 'em in their tracks,

Thanks. Now I have that old jingle stuck in my head, "Garfield 1-2323!"

 

[ConradH]

I still use "young whippersnappers".

 

[loopstick]

I prefer "dead".

"Died" is good.

.

 

[sKiZo]

common sense
rationality
logic
prudence

(I could go on, but I won't ... you're welcome)

 

[grinx76]

all things Valley-speak

 

[LF240]

Someone used the word "kerfuffle" recently in the turntables forum. It was like a ray of sunshine in an otherwise heated debate.

 

[dcmfan]

Well in any event, I like scallions in my food.

Are Rap-scallions spicier?

Rap scallion
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We don't need any more shenanigans out of you hooligans! There's enough hullabaloo around here without you adding to the brouhaha.

 

[CoogarXR]

My father-in-law still accuses my wife of being cantankerous and/or persnickety.

 

[Bill S]

Blasting caps

 

[Mystic]

Wrap - any item of outerwear - hoodie, fleece, sweater, jacket or overcoat.

...or weird burrito-ish thing.

 

[Pio1980]

We don't need any more shenanigans out of you hooligans! There's enough hullabaloo around here without you adding to the brouhaha.

Brouhaha?
Ha Ha!!

 

[Mystic]

I recently used "pigeonhole" (or maybe "pigeonholed"?) about some danged thing, and my daughter and her friends looked at me cross-eyed.

 

[Mystic]

Lotta folks seem to have forgotten the meaning of "paddy wagon", which I still use (the word, not the conveyance).

 

[Pio1980]

Meredith Wilsons "Trouble" is loaded with them, and some good advice on how to tell when fill-in-the-blank is going bad.

 

[Mystic]

"Red flag" seems to have held up and I still use it to good effect. I've not caught on to "Blue check" though.

 

[dcmfan]

Brouhaha?
Ha Ha!!

I spent the lockdown learning how to speak curmudgeon.

 

[Mystic]

Meredith Wilsons "Trouble" is loaded with them, and some good advice on how to tell when fill-in-the-blank is going bad.

Was thinking about watching On The Town (1949) tonight. bet there'lll be a boatload of old expressions in it.

 

[Pio1980]

Meredith Wilsons "Trouble" is loaded with them, and some good advice on how to tell when fill-in-the-blank is going bad.

"Cpt Billy's whiz-bang" became Fawcett publications, fwiw.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawcett_Publications

 

[Mystic]

When I was a kid they were bullets;
When I was in US Army they were rounds;
WHen I was back among the civies they were bullets (while I still used rounds);
Somewhere along the way - 90s ? -- they became ammo and I think that's where they still are.