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What's a word you hadn't heard in a long time and then heard or read?

Asked by Hawaii_Jake (37734points) November 1st, 2022

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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chyna's avatar

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.

rebbel's avatar

Hitherto.
In a comment video on a court case.

elbanditoroso's avatar

triskadecaphobia

ragingloli's avatar

Ugandan Knuckles.

smudges's avatar

@chyna I say knucklehead all the time! LOL

janbb's avatar

Fussbudget

kritiper's avatar

Pore. Like when you read over something intently.

Tropical_Willie's avatar

Poopie head or poop head right here on Fluther !

RocketGuy's avatar

Malarkey!

elbanditoroso's avatar

Actually, I learned a totally new word (to me) while reading on Sunday.

Ekphrasis.

RedDeerGuy1's avatar

Trafola… I believe that it is a cookie?

RedDeerGuy1's avatar

Trefoil is the correct spelling. Is a girl scouts cookie.

elbanditoroso's avatar

There’s the always entertaining

Omphaloskepsis.

raum's avatar

Buggy. :P

Hawaii_Jake's avatar

@raum Which kind of buggy? Was it a horse-drawn wagon or a place with lots of insects or something else?

smudges's avatar

@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

Hawaii_Jake's avatar

@smudges That’s cool! Here, shopping carts are called wagons.

raum's avatar

@Hawaii_Jake They call them wagons there? Learn something new every day. :)

@smudges I want a horse-drawn wagon. The supermarket variety!

smudges's avatar

@Hawaii_Jake Again, could be horse-drawn! LOL

@raum Hell I’d be thrilled to have a HORSE!

chyna's avatar

We need a separate question as to what people call the shopping carts in stores.

JLeslie's avatar

Nudnik!

So many great words in the Facebook Yiddish Word of the Day group especially if you are from NYC or had family that spoke Yiddish. Here’s the link. https://www.facebook.com/groups/132522033442014/?ref=share

gondwanalon's avatar

Bombastic. It’s a good descriptive term for one of my friends.

LostInParadise's avatar

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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