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[–] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago
[–] FReddit@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Sozzled.

French for drunk.

Only saw it on a British translation of Zola's L' Assomoir.

[–] littlecolt@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] banana_meccanica@feddit.it 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago
[–] maporita@unilem.org 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

As someone who grew up in the sixties, "groovy"

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[–] mojo@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago
[–] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago
[–] Lammy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Flabbergasted.

[–] Feidhlim@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago
[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Bibliobibuli

A person who reads too much

[–] FizzlePopBerryTwist@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Spoot!

Ignoramus

Teleconference

Indubitably

[–] GooglyBear@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is the Spoot in reference to Angry Beavers?!

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[–] staceybassoon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] Saneless@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Renob

It was our clever and undetectable way to say boner in grade school

[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Cluster Fuck

Unfuckulate

I have a passion for the word "fuck" I need to get back to. I love the word "cunt" but thats too volatile so I had to retire that word.

Ass hat

Clown Shoes

Banana Head

Yeah most of my terms are personal attacks on morons I work with.

[–] Cableferret@lemmy.tf 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I use "ass hat" and "clusterfuck" regularly.

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[–] GRENADE_MAGNET@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago
[–] octoperson@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago
[–] Lazerbeams2@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 year ago

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicavolcanoconiosis. It's just not a word that comes up often

[–] Urbanfox@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Bufty.

Heard it frequently 20 years ago and now it's dropped off the face of the planet as casual homophobia has become a bit less prevelant.

I went through a dapper phase at one point...

[–] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Dociousalliexpiliciousfragicalirupus.

Haven't heard it in awhile because we agreed that saying it backwards was going a bit too far.

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[–] atticus88th@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago
[–] Daisyifyoudo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Middle class

[–] foggianism@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Whatever word was used before "caveat" took it's place. A few years ago, suddenly, everyone on Youtube and elsewhere started using it.

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