It’s summer reading program time at my library. I’m actually doing two this summer, but I just finished the one at my local library. Finding new words is one of the tasks, so today, I want to share the five fun words I discovered.
These words are from a Mental Floss list of colonial slang. They are no longer used but I think they should be reintroduced (especially the last one.) Have fun using these words with your family. If it was good enough for George Washington or Abigail Adams, it should be good enough for us.
- KEDGE – Doing well, being in good health
- How are you?
- I’m pretty kedge.
- CHUFFY – Surly or impolite
- When someone cuts in front of you, tell them not to be so chuffy
- GUT-FOUNDERED – Very hungry
- Newfoundland slang from 1647 (I bet they knew what hunger was)
- TWISTICAL – Unfair or immoral
- A New England slang from the 1840s that could easily be used today
- CIRCUMBENDIBUS – Roundabout
- This is my favorite word – try saying it out loud, delicious!
- Use when someone is taking the long way in telling a story or driving