Words that "Old" people use.

[jerry1939]

[jollyred]

I may not use many of them (mainly because of others not knowing their meanings) but I know the meaning of almost all of them (except Skewwiff, what is that?).  Does that count?

Tom

[wombatie]

I still use quite a few of those. 

Marg

[John B]

4 hours ago, jollyred said:

I may not use many of them (mainly because of others not knowing their meanings) but I know the meaning of almost all of them (except Skewwiff, what is that?).  Does that count?

Tom

Here in Oz Skewiff means bent, crooked, of centre, not quite right etc. "that beams a little skewiff"

[Foxfold]

  Not only do I know them,,, I still use most of them

@jollyred

dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/...

sloping instead of straight, or wrongly positioned: You've got your hat on skew-whiff. Synonyms. askew. awry

[RabidAlien]

I'm old, then.  My drivers' license says I'm middle-aged, but my knees and vocabulary tell a different story.

[LarryEA]

That's a bunch of humdinger words there

[MrsN]

While I don't use many of these words regularly, I do know what most of them mean.

 

[amazingkevin]

New ones to me!!!

[Fedido]

I use some of those words just to keep them around!