Language changes and evolves all the time. New words are added to the dictionary every year, and old words fall out of our lives and vocabularies. Sometimes it’s fun to look back and smell the roses, and laugh at some silly words people used to use (and maybe still should…). Here’s 11 that we should definitely still be using.

Gigglemug

A gigglemug is a person who is always smiling. Eg. Jeff is such a gigglemug. It feels like such a charming word for such an annoyingly happy person like Jeff.

Gas Pipes

Gas pipes is used to describe pants that are extremely tight on someone’s legs. Eg. Jeff must have a big date tonight if he’s wearing those gas pipes. In today’s fashion landscape, I’m sort of amazed this hasn’t already made a comeback.

Zozzled

Zozzled is just a fun synonym for drunk. Eg. Jeff was so zozzled last night, he threw up on his gas pipes. Vintage word description inception!

Dormedory

Used to describe a person who is sleepy or stupid and does not do much work. This word is weirdly similar to Dumbledore. I’m not trying to insinuate anything, but he was absent from a lot of stuff at his own school…

Berries

Berries used to be slang for something fun or pleasurable. Eg. That was berries last night! Obviously Jeff wasn’t there. This reminds me of fetch. I hope we can make berries happen.

Dewdroppers

Slackers. Eg. Look at all those dewdroppers just loitering around the mall. Honestly, it’s just a fun word to say.

Jangle

To gossip or idly chat. Eg. Jeff was jangling all day. Damn it Jeff. Well, who amongst us hasn’t wasted a few hours at work jangling.

Scurryfunge

The tidying of your house in the minutes before someone comes over. Eg. When someone is 5 minutes away, so you try to do a quick scurryfunge. I’m so glad there is a word for this. We all do it, and now we all know what to call it. Also, feels like a bit of onomatopoeia on this word.

Foozler

Someone who is lazy or incompetent. Eg. We all know Jeff is a great example of a foozler. Apparently they had a lot of words for lazy, incompetent, stupid people back in the day. I will admit I’m a fan of saying foozler.

Pine Overcoat

It’s a coffin. I’m sorry, this one is a bit more morbid. But I keep laughing at it in the worst way. Eg. Put down the toaster Jeff or you’ll end up with a pine overcoat. It’s just a ridiculous way to say coffin and I love it. All I can imagine is an 1930s gangster using it in a threat.

Bezonter

It wouldn’t be a real language list if we didn’t end with a swear word. Enter bezonter, an expletive that you shout when surprised. Similar to.. you know.. the F word we all shout when we stub our toe. Eg. BEZONTER! It doesn’t roll off the tongue as much as you would hope.

My apologies to Jeff. But not really, that guy is a jangling foozler gigglemug with gas pipes getting zozzled in the pub.