18 Delightfully Naughty Forgotten English Words We Should Bring Back

As language evolves, new words are born and others die out. In this article we look at some delightful, slightly naughty English words that time has forgotten – maybe you could start your own mini language revival and begin using them in your everyday conversation !



Bouffage

… a satisfying meal; adopted from Old French bouffage

Bum-Curtain

… 1930s slang for a flashily dressed woman.

Callipygian

… of, pertaining to, or having well-shaped or finely developed buttocks

Chatillionte

… delightful, amusing. From French chatouiller, to tickle, to provoke with delight.

Condiddle

… to convey away secretly

Crapulence

… intestinal & cranial distress arising from intemperance & debauchery

Flapdoodle

… nonsense, rubbish, balderdash. The name of an imaginary food fools supposedly liked to eat.

Giglet

… a merry light-hearted, playful, romping girl

Gundiguts

… a 17th century term for an extremely overweight person

Hochle

… to tumble lewdly with women in open day

Mumpsimus

… a Middle English word meaning “an incorrigible, dogmatic old pedant,”

Pilgarlik

…a 16th century word for a bald head, which apparently resembled peeled garlic.

Scurryfunge

… a hasty tidying of the house between the time you see a neighbour and the time she knocks on the door

Tatterwallop

… old Scots word for an untidily dressed person.

Toozle

… to pull about – especially applied to any rough dalliance with a female

Vinipote

… a wine drinker

Wagpastie

… a term of contempt; a rogue

Woofits

… the unpleasant after effects of overindulgence, especially drinking



Author: Robert

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