Extinction millenium

[vetran]

Experts reveals the English words young people have never heard of including 'lush' | Daily Mail Online

Fancy a lush night getting sozzled at the disco? Experts reveals the English words that could go extinct within a generation because they're not used by younger people - including 'tosh, minted and brill'

• Disco, nicompoop, boogie, and trollop are among words that could go extinct
• Young people don't know terms sozzled, cad, bonk and wally, new research says
• Perspectus Global asked 2000 18-30 year old which words they didn't know, which included lush, yonks, tosh, brill and kerfuffle

OK your mission should you decide to accept it is to use these words multiple times in the next few days!

1. Sozzled (40%) – Very drunk

2. Cad (37%) – A man who is dishonest or treats other people badly


3. Bonk (37%) – Have sexual intercourse


4. Wally (36%) - A stupid person


5. Betrothed (29%) – Engaged to be married


6. Nincompoop (28%) – A stupid person


7. Boogie (28%) – Dance to pop music


8. Trollop (27%) – A woman who has many casual sexual encounters or relationships


9. Bounder (27%) – A dishonourable man


10. Balderdash (27%) – Senseless talk or writing; nonsense


11. Henceforth (26%) – From this or that time on


12. Yonks – (25%) – A very long time


13. Lush – (23%) – Very good or impressive


14. Tosh – (23%) – Rubbish; nonsense


15. Swot – (22%) – A person who studies hard


16. Brill – (21%) – Excellent; great


17. Kerfuffle – (20%) – A commotion or fuss


18. Randy – (19%) – Sexually aroused or excited


19. Disco – (17%) – A club or party at which people dance to music


20. Minted – (15%) – Having a lot of money; rich

I know its a bit of a kerfuffle, but henceforth don't be a Cad it would be brill if we used these words like a trollop. Bonk away at them and swot up that would be lush. If you are betrothed or just randy get down the disco ignore the millennial tosh & Balderdash don't be a bounder or nincompoop just boogie for yonks and play where's wally? Get a bit sozzled or if minted buy a round you know it makes sense!

[OwlHoot]

A nincompoop needn't necessarily be stupid. It really means an ineffectual person.

[Zigenare]

Experts reveals the English words young people have never heard of including 'lush' | Daily Mail Online



OK your mission should you decide to accept it is to use these words multiple times in the next few days!



I know its a bit of a kerfuffle, but henceforth don't be a Cad it would be brill if we used these words like a trollop. Bonk away at them and swot up that would be lush. If you are betrothed or just randy get down the disco ignore the millennial tosh & Balderdash don't be a bounder or nincompoop just boogie for yonks and play where's wally? Get a bit sozzled or if minted buy a round you know it makes sense!

I'm assuming that definitions of the words are provided for the inclusion of Millenials in this "jolly jape"?

[vetran]

A nincompoop needn't necessarily be stupid. It really means an ineffectual person.

not according to Mentalfloss who have some great other words - but WWWwords is probably more reputable

The Origins of 9 Great British Insults | Mental Floss.

Nincompoop

For such a colloquial word, nincompoop actually has a very learned past. Samuel Johnson, the compiler of England’s first proper dictionary, claims the word comes from the Latin phrase non compos mentis (“not of right mind”), and was originally a legal term.

World Wide Words: Nincompoop

It’s a silly-sounding word for a a foolish or stupid person.
Many writers have tried hard to find an origin for it, though most dictionaries play safe and list it as “origin unknown”.

[vetran]

I'm assuming that definitions of the words are provided for the inclusion of Millenials in this "jolly jape"?

Of course who doesn't want to get randy & bonk henceforth!

[_V_]

Cool wordz bro lol

[WTFH]

Who doesn't want to get randy & bonk henceforth?

Your wife, with you.

[vetran]

Your wife, with you.

yawn are we back at school again?

[NotAllThere]

Lush was used in Gavin and Stacey. That was mid 2000s so not that long ago.

I think we should use "ipsedixitism" more. But that is a new word.

[Old Greg]

Lush was used in Gavin and Stacey. That was mid 2000s so not that long ago.

I think we should use "ipsedixitism" more. But that is a new word.

Lush is still used by the young 'uns in S. Wales, Somerset (probably other places).