Our curse words are getting old...

[Mik]

Let's revive some REALLy old ones! Thunderation!

https://abolt.newsweek.com/s/old-curse-words?as=6dap23849091808900530&utm_source=fb&utm_campaign=6dap23849091808900530&utm_medium=z020111&fbclid=IwAR2Lt7GgJEDBiR3Jd7Tf4yiLUJEUQzpEbi_JRnev5NnNoLObXWF2aMqALes&bdk=z020111_613f9ab5a08b4700082df811

[Doctor Phibes]

Bloody Norah is still widely used in the UK, and by me in the US.

She was married to Gordon Bennett, which the article doesn't mention.

[George K]

@mik a poltroon like you might confuse a hootenanny with a whooperup!

[Catseye3]

Thanks, Mik. If this list isn't bang up to the elephant, I don't know what is.

My vote for best one though goes to 'damfino'. Ai iz stealing that.

[Mik]

I like suggestionize. That could become corpspeak today.

[Catseye3]

@mik Heck yeah. If we can say 'revolutionize', we can say 'suggestionize'.

[Mik]

@george-k said in Our curse words are getting old...:

@mik a poltroon like you might confuse a hootenanny with a whooperup!

Methinks you a gigglemug.

[xenon]

There's no creativity in mainstream english swearing. In some other languages swearing is a skill.

[Mik]

Yeah. If you listen these days there's an awful lot of folks doing their moms.