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Oct 30, 2015 · Find out the meaning behind 19th century terms like church bell (a chatterbox), gibface (an ugly person), meater (a coward), mutton shunter (a cop), and whooperup (a bad singer).
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Kristin Hunt hails from the Maryland town of Ijamsville,...
- Kristin Hunt
Nincompoop. Asshead. Clodpate. There are so many old-fashioned and obscure ways to call someone stupid.
- Academy Headache. “When art became fashionable to a severe degree this malady appeared,” Ware explained. “[N]ow applied generically to headaches acquired at any art galleries.”
- Afternoonified. A society word meaning “smart.” Ware demonstrated the usage: “The goods are not 'afternoonified' enough for me.”
- Amen Corner. A California term for a church.
- Arf’arf’an’arf. A figure of speech used to describe drunken men. “[He’s] very arfarfanarf,” Ware wrote, “meaning that he had many ‘arfs,’” or half-pints of booze.
May 13, 2021 · When it comes to Victorian slang, there are endless terms to choose from. Check out some of these words and phrases to bring back Victorian English. Dictionary
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Jul 21, 2015 · Here are an even dozen, pretty much forgotten slanglike words or sayings from the 19th century, rediscovered while delving in the archives — and with added guidance from James Maitman's 1891...
Cop is an old word for the head, making a dalcop (literally a “dull-head”) a particularly stupid person. You can also be a harecop , or a “hare-brained” person. More Articles About Insults:
Definition: something foolish or worthless. Flummadiddle is the sort of word that rolls nicely off the tongue, and even if people with whom you use the word don’t quite know what it means the conversation will be the richer for its presence.
