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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nIt\u2019s always tough to follow Suzanne\u2019s heartfelt blog on Memorial Day but follow it I must. \u00a0I thought I’d talk about old words and thus would elicit some help from Shakespeare<\/strong>, who seemed to be pretty good with words, new and old, given that when he couldn’t think of a word to describe something, he made one up. Yes, it’s true. Here are a few of his made up the words: frugal, gloomy, hurry, accommodations, countless <\/strong>and countless others.\u00a0 What led me to writing about old words was an article I recently read by Jennifer Freeman, <\/strong>Senior Editor at Word Smarts<\/em><\/strong>. \u00a0\u00a0She listed several words that the \u2018baby boomers\u2019<\/strong> invented and that those people around my age grew up with, and are no longer heard today.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a few of hers, along with some other ‘ancient’ words, with their definition and their use in a sentence, in case you were born after the 60s:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Groovy: <\/strong>Fashionable and exciting; enjoyable and excellent. \u201cThat is a groovy tie-dye shirt.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Foxy: <\/strong>Attractive or sexy; cunning or sly. \u201cYou’re looking very foxy tonight\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n Bippy: <\/strong>Used euphemistically for an unspecified part of the body; generally understood as equivalent to \u2018butt.\u2019 \u201cYou bet your sweet bippy\u201d Boogie: <\/strong>To move or leave somewhere fast. \u201cHe’s coming after us, we gotta boogie\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cool Beans: <\/strong>To express approval or delight. \u201cI’m cool beans with those hot beans.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Skinny: <\/strong>Confidential information on a particular person or topic. \u201cWhat\u2019s the skinny with that outfit?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Doofus: <\/strong>A stupid person. \u201cDon’t be such a doofus!\u201d You could also be called a dipshit or a tool.<\/p>\n\n\n Floppy disk: <\/strong>a thin plastic disk coated with magnetic material on which data for a computer could be stored. \u201cShe was disappointed with my floppy disc.\u201d OK, maybe I stretched the definition a little there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Galivant: <\/strong> To travel, roam or move about for pleasure. \u201cShe\u2019s been galivanting all over town.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Britches: <\/strong>pants. \u201cI’m pulling up my britches and going home!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hootnanny:<\/strong> A gathering in which folk signers entertain, often with the audience joining in. \u201cAre you ready to sing at the hootnanny?\u201d Don’t ask what folk singers are; they’re pictured next to the T-Rex in most photos!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Grody: <\/strong> Disgusting and revolting. \u201cHe looked really grody!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ice box: <\/strong>Refrigerator \u201cYou can keep your beer cold by putting it next to her heart or in the ice box\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Millennials <\/strong>and Gen Z ers<\/strong> would probably responds with, \u2018Oh Yeah, well, here\u2019s some words we <\/em>invented\u2019: Blog, Bitcoin, Clickbait, Enshittification . . .<\/p>\n\n\n What?! Enshittification?!!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n I was both stumped and fascinated by this word, so I looked it up: The process by which online platforms gradually degrade over time, become less valuable and more annoying<\/em>. \u00a0I had the sinking feeling that I was reading about our blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here\u2019s another one: \u2018Frenemies\u2019. Older folk don’t use this one, we either liked someone or we didn\u2019t, there was no wishy-washy middle ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How about \u2018Selfie\u2019? It was unheard of to take a photo of yourself, either you were in the photo or you were the guy with the Brownie camera. Later there were timers on certain cameras, where we could set it on something then run around and get in the photo before it snapped. Those were usually a disaster. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Photobomb \u2013 this has a mixed definition of both having someone accidently be in the background of a photo, or purposely spoiling the photo by popping into the background. The latter definition seems more prevalent these days. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Bob Sparrow It\u2019s always tough to follow Suzanne\u2019s heartfelt blog on Memorial Day but follow it I must. \u00a0I thought I’d talk about old words and thus would elicit some help from Shakespeare, who seemed to be pretty good … read more![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_6711-1024x691.jpg\")
Copacetic: <\/strong>In excellent order. \u201cI’m good, everything is copacetic\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/disk.jpg\")
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Sorry for this ‘word salad’, hopefully I’ll be traveling again soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n