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Balderdash and other words millennials haven't heard

A recent Metro news article listed 20 words that are falling out of favour with our younger generations.
Based on a survey of 2,000 adults, the results were as follows:
Based on a survey of 2,000 adults, the results were as follows:
Twenty words millennials haven't heard of
Sozzled (40%) – Very drunk
Cad (37%) – Dishonest man
Bonk (37%) – Have sex
Wally (36%) – Stupid person
Betrothed (29%) – Engaged
Nincompoop (28%) – Fool
Boogie (28%) – Dance
Trollop (27%) – Woman who has casual sex
Bounder (27%) – Dishonourable man
Balderdash (27%) – Senseless talk
Henceforth (26%) – From now on
Yonks – (25%) – Long time
Lush – (23%) – Very good
Tosh – (23%) – Rubbish
Swot – (22%) – Someone who studies hard
Brill – (21%) – Brilliant
Kerfuffle – (20%) – Commotion
Randy – (19%) – Sexually aroused
Disco – (17%) – Dance club
Minted – (15%) – Rich
Sozzled (40%) – Very drunk
Cad (37%) – Dishonest man
Bonk (37%) – Have sex
Wally (36%) – Stupid person
Betrothed (29%) – Engaged
Nincompoop (28%) – Fool
Boogie (28%) – Dance
Trollop (27%) – Woman who has casual sex
Bounder (27%) – Dishonourable man
Balderdash (27%) – Senseless talk
Henceforth (26%) – From now on
Yonks – (25%) – Long time
Lush – (23%) – Very good
Tosh – (23%) – Rubbish
Swot – (22%) – Someone who studies hard
Brill – (21%) – Brilliant
Kerfuffle – (20%) – Commotion
Randy – (19%) – Sexually aroused
Disco – (17%) – Dance club
Minted – (15%) – Rich
I don't know about you but these words comprise half of my vocabulary! Also, the loss of the word disco is (as Steps would say) a tragedy...
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Ream - Good
Sick - good
And all the text talk and gaming talk
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Zennials confuse me though... Lit? Finna? Peng? Send it? Yeet?
I don't hear 'wicked' or 'rad' anymore...
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ive often thought that one should use the best words to communicate according to the audience rather than for self aggrandisement, but I’m old.
dunder head was something my dad used to call me on occasion, and of course that used to get my goat no end.
what about people who used to sue for breach of promise? Ie one party calling off an engagement. I haven’t heard of anyone doing that for donkeys years, or yonks whichever you prefer. And the remedy was called heart balm!
The only other person I've heard say 'yeet' with no sense of irony is my 10-year-old daughter. But you go for it @Tori_Scope!
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She said, 'it's a term you can use to describe throwing something, and it can also be used to describe something that's cool.' At this point, my 13-year-old piped and said very dryly, 'No, no it can't.'
So, take from that what you will.
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Please do enlighten us @Adrian_Scope, what *does* yeet mean? 👀
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The word "yeet" should be yeeted out of the English vocabulary.
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What age are millennials? My dictionary says it is someone who reached teenage age in around 2000 so would be around early 30s now, but I have been referred to as one in the past. I’m 26 - what generation am I?
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I remember hearing something about the kind of smiley faces you use being able to reveal your generation. I.e. Someone who uses emojis and someone who uses punctuation like :-) !
Yes, I've noticed the emoji thing too. I absolutely love reading the articles on what emojis that 'young people' send allegedly mean. Most of them are so off the mark it's unbelievable. It also depends on the context. I message my Mum differently to how I message my friends, both of which are different to how I write on here.
Let's hope so!
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What you say about the emojis reminds me of “lol” which used to mean “lots of love”, haha.
Haha yes. My Grandma always used to finish with 'LOL, G'ma' in our birthday cards and we always got a good laugh out of it
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I think it means'outdoing' someone on a bid to buy a house?
I'd also never heard of yeet until this discussion so my aim for today is to use it in a conversation successfully.
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Odd thing about smileys...I've always found it difficult to read faces or even create the correct facial expressions in social situations. I've never understood why people assume you're not listening unless you're constantly contorting your face to adapt to whatever they've said, it's exhausting... Anyway, since using Messenger and forums and having to actually choose the correct smiley to give a context, I think I've got better at doing it in real life as well. I can only find 16 smileys on here so you're saved from my usual bombardment of smileys!
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Another was Snicket.
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Music cassettes .. Or cassette player.
Eight track music players.
Things not known to many these days.
Going to hell in a hand cart.
I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts.
The only thing you have to do is die and pay taxes
Penny rich and dollar poor.
Break a bill
Mystery meat (spam)
We have heard many others through films and TV. And it is amazing how many of our old sayings come from America.
One thing that baffles her is the one about. If a bird poops on you It means good luck.
I have to agree with her on that one. 😃
She cannot understand why we use the term Gravy boat. For a jug.
A simple toast rack also baffled her. She thought at first it was used for slices of butter. She had never seen one before.
And she could not understand a butter dish. Especially if it had a cover. We don't even use them anymore. Or at least only some of us and then only rarely But our grandparents did.
Why is a bird pooing on you good luck???
I think a butter dish was from the days of real butter, not the pretend butter that goes in the fridge. Real butter stays out of the fridge, or it goes hard, and you need somewhere to keep it away from the flies and whatnot I guess.
Thanks again for sharing all those
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I think people say it to make the person getting pood on feel better. 😊
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I wonder if there are any other bad things which are seen as supposedly good luck?
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