Good Words Which Ought To Make A Comeback

[AB Editor]

Afternoon all,

I wondered if any of you had a good word for me?

By that I mean: what words do you believe aren't currently used quite enough or have been completely abandoned by our (or anyone else's) language?

It would be good if you could tell us what the word, or phrase, means as well (although it might be fun to try and guess actually!)

[mazie]

Here's one Ed... Widdershins

[sandyRoe]

A ganch, someone who's as thick as champ. And a glype someone who thinks themselves a fly man. Two useful words that have fallen out of favour.

[emmie]

a good egg, as in a good sport, its rather fallen out of favour. too Woodhousian i suppose

[dannyk13]

I can think of two that seem to have disappeared viz. PLEASE and THANKYOU

[retrocop]

Antigallican.

[emmie]

i go along with that ^

[emmie]

crossed posts, that was for Danny.

[mazie]

LOL emmie. I go along with retrocop

[retrocop]

typo. Anti-gallican

[mccfluff]

higgledy-piggledy

[dannyk13]

A bit racist Retrocop?

[vulcan42]

Haven't heard Serendipity recently.

[retrocop]

A fly man as opposed to a Spiderman Sandy?

[emmie]

unequivocal,

it's still a tongue twister, blah..

[andy-hughes]

'Pusillanimous' - cowardly or lacking in courage.

[retrocop]

Topical may be.I don't know about racist.There are a few hostelries in the London area called The Anti-gallican.

[B00]

"kerfuffle"

One of my favourite words ever :-)

[retrocop]

Poltroon.

[sandyRoe]

'Flyman', too, then. A bit of a crook, a chancer.

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IAjyQdFwh4UC&pg=PT1366&lpg=PT1366&dq=flyman,+slang&source=bl&ots=_1RFnMnQ0M&sig=HtCC19euRkqD9l3lL2cUv4XqgLk&hl=en&sa=X&;ei=Ak3ZUqbSLY-UhQfcqYGQDQ&ved=0CE4Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=flyman%2C%20slang&;f=false

[jim360]

refudiate.