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Post by Taildragger on Jan 26, 2024 16:03:10 GMT -5
Nowadays, one might say, "he's into mountain biking" or "she jogs" or "they* like to to fish".
Back during the 1950s, such an indivual might simply be described as being "outdoorsy".
You don't hear that adjective much these days.
What other words come to your mind?
* they: "more than one person" (speaking of words that have fallen into disuse or had their meanings morphed)
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Jan 26, 2024 16:19:52 GMT -5
You don't hear the word "swell" used that much in an Eddie Haskell fashion.
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Post by Larry Madsen on Jan 26, 2024 18:05:30 GMT -5
jake
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Post by reverendrob on Jan 27, 2024 0:54:50 GMT -5
Gay sure ain't happy no mo!
And jocular. So gone
LEt's not get our totally tubular tubes in a bunch either.
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Post by langford on Jan 27, 2024 20:46:25 GMT -5
You don't here the word "swell" used that much in an Eddie Haskell fashion. Funny you should mention that, Auf. True story: I was telling some friends a few weeks ago that I'd been reading up on Gwyneth Paltrow while nursing myself through a small cold. As a result, I'd been thinking I should start my own lifestyle brand. It would be called "COOP" (my first name is Cooper) and it would focus on "swellness." The first product would be a "swellness cleanse," which involves finding finding a comfortable, mildly amusing spot and drinking old fashioneds until one decides to stop. I think "swell" is ready for a comeback. |
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Post by Leftee on Jan 27, 2024 20:59:32 GMT -5
You don't here the word "swell" used that much in an Eddie Haskell fashion. Funny you should mention that, Auf. True story: I was telling some friends a few weeks ago that I'd been reading up on Gwyneth Paltrow while nursing myself through a small cold. As a result, I'd been thinking I should start my own lifestyle brand. It would be called "COOP" (my first name is Cooper) and it would focus on "swellness." The first product would be a "swellness cleanse," which involves finding finding a comfortable, mildly amusing spot and drinking old fashioneds until one decides to stop. I think "swell" is ready for a comeback. I’d bite |
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Post by Taildragger on Jan 27, 2024 21:47:37 GMT -5
Is "swellness' anything like "swolleness"?
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Post by jazzguy on Jan 27, 2024 22:06:17 GMT -5
Groovy
love,
The Brady Bunch, Partridge Family, The Monkees, etc......
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Post by langford on Jan 28, 2024 10:31:51 GMT -5
Is "swellness' anything like "swolleness"? No. It's just swell. For example, I'm lobbying the City of New York to rename that neighbourhood around 10th Ave. and the West 40s "Swell's Kitchen." |
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Post by Leftee on Jan 28, 2024 10:33:33 GMT -5
That is such a swell endeavor.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Jan 28, 2024 10:42:58 GMT -5
Gnarly, dude.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jan 28, 2024 12:19:39 GMT -5
Groovy love, The Brady Bunch, Partridge Family, The Monkees, etc...... I suspect we have more than a few members that still let a “groovy” slip every once in a while. |
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Post by Leftee on Jan 28, 2024 12:39:12 GMT -5
I use it in business writing.
Somebody has to.
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Post by reverendrob on Jan 28, 2024 15:12:02 GMT -5
Here's a blast from the cocaine past for you: copacetic.
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Post by markfromhawaii on Feb 4, 2024 5:30:36 GMT -5
Gentlemen! Words like swell creeping into a young man’s conversation… You’re asking for trouble.
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chucksmi
Wholenote
Posts: 178
Formerly Known As: Offshore Angler elsewhere
Age: I saw Jerry Live
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Post by chucksmi on Feb 4, 2024 7:47:51 GMT -5
I'm forever being accused of talking in code by young folk. I still dig and employ the lexicon of my younger days.
Apparently, they have a bingo cards in meetings for me using 70's slang. I think that's righteous. I wouldn't want to be some uptight jive turkey, I prefer to be outasight. Now, can I hock a few browns off you cats to buy a nail?
Chuck
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Post by Taildragger on Feb 4, 2024 9:48:01 GMT -5
Just don't start wearing plaid, polyester leisure suits.
We draw the line, there...
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Post by LTB on Feb 4, 2024 19:26:53 GMT -5
Groovy love, The Brady Bunch, Partridge Family, The Monkees, etc...... I suspect we have more than a few members that still let a “groovy” slip every once in a while. You know I didn’t like the word Groovy when in use back in the 1960’s. Just found it and still find it irritating (on the very rare occasion someone uses it today). |
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Post by Vibroluxer on Feb 5, 2024 1:58:05 GMT -5
bodacious
Any words ever spoken by Paulie Shore.
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Post by ninworks on Feb 5, 2024 4:29:03 GMT -5
I suspect we have more than a few members that still let a “groovy” slip every once in a while. You know I didn’t like the word Groovy when in use back in the 1960’s. Just found it and still find it irritating (on the very rare occasion someone uses it today). One of the many reasons I couldn't watch or stomach Austin Powers. |
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Feb 5, 2024 8:15:49 GMT -5
"That'd be bomb". I seem to recall that one for a while, well before "dats da bomb". A variant for "cool" and "bomb" I remember, and don't know if it was a regional thing was "t!ts". Silly boys.
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Post by slacker 🐨 on Feb 5, 2024 8:35:33 GMT -5
You know I didn’t like the word Groovy when in use back in the 1960’s. Just found it and still find it irritating (on the very rare occasion someone uses it today). One of the many reasons I couldn't watch or stomach Austin Powers. That's one of a number of movies that were really popular that I thought were nothing short of awful. "There's Something About Mary" is another. My wife (no pics) and I rented that after everyone was talking about what hilarious movie it was. After about 10 minutes, we looked at each other and said "It must get better". After about 40 minutes I said "I think I've had enough...you?" and she just grabbed the remote and turned it off. There aren't many movies that are so bad I stop mid-movie and walk away. That was one. |
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Post by slacker 🐨 on Feb 5, 2024 8:36:11 GMT -5
"That'd be bomb". I seem to recall that one for a while, well before "dats da bomb". A variant for "cool" and "bomb" I remember, and don't know if it was a regional thing was "t!ts". Silly boys. Don't forget it's offshoot....."bomb digity". |
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