Some of the best words ever.

[Pappy]

 

[RadishRose]

I love gob-smacked!

Haven't heard gallivant since I was a kid outside all day.

 

[Gary O']

Gramma often used 'Whatchmacallit'....but shortened it to 'whatchcallit'

 

[fmdog44]

Sounds like a political speech.

 

[Pappy]

My grandpa use to say...what in thunderation?

 

[JaniceM]

anyone remember "ditto sheets"?

 

[Aunt Marg]

anyone remember "ditto sheets"?

Sure do!

 

[Ken N Tx]

Dang gummit..

 

[Pinky]

obstreperous (sp?)

 

[JaniceM]

obstreperous (sp?)

Huh?

 

[hollydolly]

obstreperous (sp?)

..as in ''don't be so obstreperous'' .... eg..noisy and difficult to control ( yes heard it lost when we were kids, hardly ever hear it used today )

 

[hollydolly]

I love gob-smacked!

Haven't heard gallivant since I was a kid outside all day.

We use both words in every day language here...

 

[Pinky]

..as in ''don't be so obstreperous'' .... eg..noisy and difficult to control ( yes heard it lost when we were kids, hardly ever hear it used today )

Yep!

 

[Pinky]

conundrum .. confusing or difficult problem or question

 

[JaniceM]

..as in ''don't be so obstreperous'' .... eg..noisy and difficult to control ( yes heard it lost when we were kids, hardly ever hear it used today )

thanks! I'd never heard it before.

 

[hollydolly]

Talking of best words.....I love Halcyon.... ( I should have chosen that as my forum ID way back in the day ..)

 

[Pinky]

consternation

 

[Butterfly]

I like "persnickety" and "skullduggery." My mother was always saying "Don't be so persnickety." She said that a lot when I refused to eat my Malt-o-Meal cereal, which to this day I cannot gag down. My mother, who lived through the depression, was of the "You'll eat what is put before you and be glad of it" school of thought.

 

[Pinky]

I like "persnickety" and "skullduggery." My mother was always saying "Don't be so persnickety." She said that a lot when I refused to eat my Malt-o-Meal cereal, which to this day I cannot gag down. My mother, who lived through the depression, was of the "You'll eat what is put before you and be glad of it" school of thought.

I still use "persnickety". My daughter was a persnickety eater as a kid.

 

[Pinky]

discombobulate .. to confuse

 

[Em in Ohio]

Talking of best words.....I love Halcyon.... ( I should have chosen that as my forum ID way back in the day ..)

Good one. I like 'idyllic.'

 

[Meanderer]

 

[Gaer]

Where did you FIND THAT? Thise were great! had to print it out! Thanks for posting those words!!!!

 

[debodun]

I always like the word "syzygy " (SIZZ-ah-jee). It refers to planetary aspects.

 

[jujube]

"Plethora".....it just falls off the tongue...so much better than "a sh!tload"