Words going out of use

[vernon]

I only deal in groats...

You don't get many of those to the florin.

 

[marknotgeorge]

My husband and I were discussing the word "soz" the other day - txtspk for "sorry" -

Soz has been in use, at least up here, as slang for sorry long before twerps (is that another one?) with braces ever thought about holding bricks to their ears...

 

[Ganymede]

Soz has been in use, at least up here, as slang for sorry long before twerps (is that another one?) with braces ever thought about holding bricks to their ears...

Kewl. I did not know that. I stand crcted.

 

[PK99]

You wag! (Wag is another word rarely used these days)

Therein lies a tail!