Lost for words

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kefkat

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Lost for words: 14 expressions that have vanished

I wonder how many of you guys will admit to doing a Sprunt (no 14) :4: :3:

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Scrumdiddlyumptious. YOLO. Moobs. Uptalk. New words are being added to the dictionary on a fairly continual basis. But what about those words we leave behind? Certain terms have vanished from the language because they were too graphic, too confusing or just too difficult to say.

Here are just a few of the expressions that the Word of Mouth team (with a particular hat tip to lost word experts Laura Wright and Mark Forsyth) unearthed during their investigation into lost and banished words…
1. Owl Jacket

Taken from the Italian ‘Giacca civetta', which refers to a jacket left on the back of a chair at work, so it looks like you are in the office working, rather than skiving at Costa.

“I’ve just noticed that Brian’s owl jacket has been there since 1994, which was the last time I actually saw him.”

Cont: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2xL1gH6FcyCtYH2NM6zYhTK/lost-for-words-14-expressions-that-have-vanished?
 
I'm lost in music

KInda caught in a trap really.

Still, no turning back now

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I thought there was another thread about old fashioned phrases etc, but can't seem to find it.

Came across this earlier...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37550178

Not very interesting maybe, but I like this kind of stuff!
 
A long time ago I worked at the Royal College of Surgeons. There was an accountant attached to my department who went home at 3pm every day but left the lights on in his office and a jacket on his chair. He's always send some emails around 8pm. I'm not sure if he would come back later to turn off the lights of if he'd figured out how to log in to his work email from home.
 
Talking of words, I was surprised to read an article a few months back that it is illegal to name your daughter Cyanide.

Bit of shame really if you wanted Adams family theme.
 
hadn't heard of most of those, only wrong the wrekin and sent to coventry!

in their oil tot was the one I started a thread about a long while back, maybe it's been trimmed out now.
 
Ha! I used it in a title!

http://www.astonvilla.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=7503083
 
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