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Can we leave snot alone. and get onto fart???





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GT

Fart is hardly new. Benjamin Franklin, who died more than 200 years ago, published a book called "Fart proudly." The word may well have existed before Ben's time, but of course *all* the words we have are new when measured by geological time.

"Fart proudly." Brilliant, was it a seller?. I think we all need to get the phrase revived!

I confess that I only heard about it. Haven't read it at all. I suspect that Ben published it under an alias.

Interflop – a dead website

That's a good one, TT!

Thanks Paul, I found it when I was looking for new buzz words.

How about this delightful Woganism:

Hornswoggled

Taken to mean confounded, bewildered, thrown into a tizz

Maybe an oldish word, but it has just popped into my brain....

Yonks, meaning a long time ago.........




GT

I didn't know what it meant. Thanks for the definition.

I still say 'yonks", not to mention 'old bean'.

When my son was young, and knowing he was longing to use rude words, I told him that "I never, ever wanted to hear him use the word 'balderdash', it being a truly disgusting word! It worked for a bit and spread amongst his friends. Then when they all got onto Harry Potter, they realized I was having them on.

Nyah! Too many two worded words.

'Jai Ho is more of a term, than a word. And Web 2.0 is two seperate terms!!!

N00b on the other hand is a word... Kind of.

Rant done.

I don't know it this can be added but the phrase 'mission statement', it became the in thing for companies from late 90's to produce their own 'mission statement' in their pr drive.

Yes, here too. Somehow or other it stinks. Overtones of religion.

'mission statement'

At my last employ we had one of those...Had to learn it by heart, and repeat it, word for word, parrot fashion!

Hated it!!!

orgotten it now though. A lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then!!!



GT

Here is an old 'new; word for you.........'Furtle'...........

It means to search out.


Haven't seen this one for a while either..........to 'Fettle' meaning to fix or repair.



GT

el D: 1238 is old:


"We do not know the origin of hornswoggle. We do know that it belongs to a group of “fancified” words that were particularly popular in the American West in the 19th century. Hornswoggle is one of the earliest, first appearing around 1829. It is possible that these words were invented to poke fun at the more “sophisticated” East. " (Answers.com)

But old new words are at least as interesting as new new ones

Jab

ok here's an "old" but how did it get it's name ?

I can't put the link on, it would be "yiked" as to it's content, but if you put the name in to "answer dot com"

dildo

Well you live and learn eh Jabs?

I like that word! And use it not infrequently...