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Balderdash and other words millennials haven't heard

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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...
Have you noticed any other words are disappearing? Let us know.
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I dont have any words that come to mind its more the other way the new words that my teen comes out with
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Some that come to mind
Ream - Good
Sick - good
And all the text talk and gaming talk -
My nephews say tight a lot which apparently means unfair. For instance to their mum, "you've only given me one pound for the shop, that's so tight!"
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I wonder if they're getting Millennials confused with Zennials? The only ones I hadn't heard there were bounder and cad.
Zennials confuse me though... Lit? Finna? Peng? Send it? Yeet?
I don't hear 'wicked' or 'rad' anymore... -
Yeet is a fantastic word and no one can tell me otherwise @OverlyAnxious. Zoomer and proud.Online Community Coordinator, she/her
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Poppycock and tally aren’t used so often anymore either. I don’t understand those zennial words at all.
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.“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.”
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That’s what gets my goat
dunder head was something my dad used to call me on occasion, and of course that used to get my goat no end.“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.”
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Bunkum, nonsense.
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!“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.”
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How can anyone in the UK get to millennial age without encountering kerfuffle?!
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! -
What does yeet mean @Adrian_Scope?
“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.”
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I asked my 10-year-old.
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.'
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As a fellow Young Person, I too say yeet with no hint of irony.
Please do enlighten us @Adrian_Scope, what *does* yeet mean? ?Online Community Coordinator, she/her
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I'll use it in a sentence @Tori_Scope.
The word "yeet" should be yeeted out of the English vocabulary. -
Uh, that's so not lit @Adrian_Scope. Are you even woke?Online Community Coordinator, she/her
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I was going to say Yeet as hubby says it so often. I don't understand most of these new words nowadays, all too confusing!Disability Gamechanger - 2019
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Tori_Scope said:Uh, that's so not lit @Adrian_Scope. Are you even woke?
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This is the Wikipedia definition @Ami2301:a political term originating in the United States referring to a perceived awareness of issues concerning social justice and racial justice.It can be used in a few different contexts, and some people use it ironically, or as a criticism.Online Community Coordinator, she/her
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