Howmany out-of-date or archaic expressions in English can you think of?

Question

Examples: "For Heaven's Sake!" or "Wizaed!" (for "Great!" or "Cool!")?

Answer 1

you could be forgiven for thinking that 'please' and 'thankyou' are part of this list...

Answer 2

Shakespeare has some great archaic phrases - here are just the A's:

adventure my discretion: risk my reputation. (The Tempest)

aery: nest. (Hamlet)

affectioned: affected, one who puts on airs. (Twelfth Night)

affections swayed: passions ruled. (Julius Caesar)

against the hair: or, as we say, "against the grain," a metaphor from brushing the hair of an animal the opposite way to which it lies. (Romeo and Juliet)

agnize: acknowledge. (Othello)

aimed so near: guessed as much. (Romeo and Juliet)

alarum'd: summoned to action. (Macbeth)

alike bewitched: each of them equally enchanted. (Romeo and Juliet)

all exercise: i.e., all their habitual activity. (The Tempest)

ambition: for the Elizabethans the word had the special meaning of unscrupulous pursuit of power. (Julius Caesar)

amerce: punish. (Romeo and Juliet)

Anon, anon: In a moment! (Macbeth)

anters: caves. (Othello)

a patient list: the limits of patience. (Othello)

apparent prodigies: wonders that have appeared. (Julius Caesar)

argal: therefore. (Hamlet)

aroint thee: begone. (King Lear)

arrant: out-and-out. (Hamlet)

arras: tapestry, commonly hung in medieval castles from ceiling to floor for the prevention of drafts. (Hamlet)

as thou list: any way you like. (The Tempest)

asquint: crookedly, falsely. (King Lear)

atomies: miniature beings. (Romeo and Juliet)

augurers: priests who interpreted omens. (Julius Caesar)

auspicious mistress: as a favorable influence. (King Lear)

Answer 3

Even 'Sorry' seems to be out of place these days. More like 'What if' said with a shrug to the shoulders.

Don't you just hate the way the English language is being bastardised? Tally Ho What!

Answer 4

Swell!

Answer 5

There isn't an 'archaic' period when english was spoken.

Answer 6

"Golly gosh".  No longer allowed due to it's racist connotations.

Answer 7

g*y for happy.

Answer 8

WOWZER! groooovy! Cor-blimey! top notch!

super-duper! stupendous!

supercalafragalisticexpealidocious! (although i'm not sure if disney will ever become out of date)

.....I used to be with 'IT' but then they changed what 'IT' was!

Answer 9

I always laugh when I hear someone say something's "neat" (I actually heard a Marine drill sergeant use it recently!) or when I hear the old-timers say someone is "all hopped up" on something.  LOL

Good one, Medium Dave--I agree completely.   :-D

Answer 10

Gazooks

Mouldy swizz

Fossilised fishhooks

I'll be jiggered

By Jove!

"n" -- eg. It's n good!

Good grief!

By George!

Snakes alive!

Jolly dee!

Wizard!

Super duper!

What a washout!

Wicked!

Smashing!

Dashed decent!

Answer 11

My goodness me! I'm sure I could come up with oodles and oodles of them if I made a jolly good go at it. Why on earth do you ask, by Jove?

Answer 12

Jolly good show!