What's a word you hadn't heard in a long time and then heard or read?
Mine is doff. The dictionary says it means to remove an article of clothing, but I only remember hearing used in reference to removing a hat.
What about you? What old word did you hear or read recently?
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Knucklehead. My brother used to use that word to describe someone acting or being stupid. I hadn’t heard it for years until I heard a man in the grocery store call someone a knucklehead that almost hit him with a buggy.
Made me smile.
Hitherto.
In a comment video on a court case.
@chyna I say knucklehead all the time! LOL
Pore. Like when you read over something intently.
Poopie head or poop head right here on Fluther !
Actually, I learned a totally new word (to me) while reading on Sunday.
Ekphrasis.
Trafola… I believe that it is a cookie?
Trefoil is the correct spelling. Is a girl scouts cookie.
There’s the always entertaining
Omphaloskepsis.
@raum Which kind of buggy? Was it a horse-drawn wagon or a place with lots of insects or something else?
@raum Yes! I saw that in @chyna‘s answer and wondered. In my area they’re called carts. Either one could be horse-drawn though! LOL
@smudges That’s cool! Here, shopping carts are called wagons.
@Hawaii_Jake They call them wagons there? Learn something new every day. :)
@smudges I want a horse-drawn wagon. The supermarket variety!
@Hawaii_Jake Again, could be horse-drawn! LOL
@raum Hell I’d be thrilled to have a HORSE!
We need a separate question as to what people call the shopping carts in stores.
Bombastic. It’s a good descriptive term for one of my friends.
I just came upon the word usher in Wordle. I don’t think I have ever seen it in print before, and I have not heard it used for a while.
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