My DD11's favorite word at the moment:
shrubbery. (She has discovered Monty Python.)
My mother is a fountain of unheard words: She still calls any shirt a "
blouse." This makes me think of something frilly with poofy sleeves. Shudder!
She also calls a trash can a "
wastepaper basket." Unless it's only used for paper, this drives me nuts.
And she calls a butt a "
hinder" pronounced with a long I. Ick, ick, ick!!
My ex & his parents call a suitcase a "
valise." The first time he said it I had him repeat it several times and still had no idea what the heck he wanted me to pack!
I was in a class the other day where the instructor kept saying "
groovy." I also rarely hear "
foxy" or "
neato" anymore.
I also recently overheard a conversation about how STD's used to be called
VD. If you said VD now, I bet a lot of people would think it's some sort of technology. (Which reminds me, you don't hear "
hi-fi" or "
high-fidelity" much anymore either.)
I like to refer to underwear as "
underlilies" or "
knickers" just to make my kids cringe.
Jeepers (another one!), I had a lot more of these than I thought!!
In my area the word stoop is used regularly.
