Ye Oldie Words

Brainstrobing 2 September 2008 | 7 Comments

Txtspk is dead, Ye Oldie sounding words are back. Words like:

  • methinks
  • alas
  • lithe
  • dotard
  • fisticuffs
  • abide
  • moonshine
  • craven
  • quaff
  • swoon
  • besotted

Any favourites of your own?

7 Responses on “Ye Oldie Words”

  1. Stewart Curry says:
    September 2, 2008 at 11:23 am

    indentured servitude :)
    bespoke
    haggardly
    mellifluous
    malfeasance
    astride
    bedecked
    petard, especially if one is hoisted by ones own

  2. Mark says:
    September 2, 2008 at 11:28 am

    anon, having nothing to do with anonymity.

  3. Dan Sullivan says:
    September 2, 2008 at 1:47 pm

    shall, and of course cur is a personal favourite, subs in nicely for other terms.

  4. Catherine says:
    September 2, 2008 at 8:14 pm

    Frock, perchance, mayhap and doth.

    I’m sure I’ll think of more.

  5. Will Knott says:
    September 3, 2008 at 1:03 pm

    I still use Fornence instead of “in front of”

  6. Rick says:
    September 4, 2008 at 9:18 am

    Besotted may be one of the great all time words ever. I use it frequently about the one I’m besotted with :-)

  7. Marie says:
    September 5, 2008 at 11:01 am

    I love saying alas and methinks. Although its not really ye olde English I have been saying whilst a lot lately. I’m also rocking the phrase ‘its neither (pronounced nayther) betwist nor between’.

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