Cool words we don't use anymore.

I've got one:
rapscallion

I don't think we use that word near often enough.

 

persnickety

 

whizz-bang

 

Dookie was one we used a lot when I was a kid. But I can't seem to get my kids interested in using it these days.

 

Rumpus

 

[Brisketexan] Defenestrate.[Brisketexan]

 

tallywhacker

 

"Lolli-Gag" (got my 4 yo kid saying the bull durham quote. funny)

2nd vote for "Dookie"

 

lid

 

"pickle", as in a tough situation.

 

donnybrook

skullduggery

heretofore

calamity

 

Thou
art (as a verb)
jive

 

Skirt, as in dame, as in broad

 

"Gee whiz!"

"Golly!"

 

Rad.

 

doomaflachy
thingamabob
yowza

 

I think some kids, like me, in the 1980's who watched the "Dennis the Menace" and "Lassie" re-runs on Nickelodeon TRIED to use them...I do know we horribly failed

 

One of my good buddies in San Antonio tried to take it upon himself to re-introduce the term "Broad" and "Dame" back in 04-05 while we hit the Fox & Hound and Flying Saucer...he failed but I still use the term "Broad" as a substitue for "*****"

 

Dookie was cool! In the 4th grade our teacher allowed us to say it in reference to get the hall pass to go to the bathroom. That was 1987. I wonder if any elementary teacher who was in the 4th grade would remember that.

 

dapper, and cutter are two for which I would vote.

 

How about "britches?"
Okay, not all that cool. How about, "she's a fox."

 

Ethers

 

she's fine as in she's hot. We used to say that in the late 80's early 90's

 

hubba hubba

 

Whilst, thrice.

 

a cutter is used of a well dressed man. It comes from the idea of a man who cuts fabric or garments.

 

My grandfather uses the term "sporty" to describe a well-put-together woman. It's gotten positive reviews from my test audiences.

 

Totally bitchin'
Hep
Daddy-o
Fly
The heat
Honkie, or is it honky?
Those cover a few eras.

 

I second "bitchin" as in "cool"

 

hirsel
importune
opprobrium
tass