10 Old-Timey Words That Make NO Sense (Even to Linguists) 😆
Why does the word “flummoxed” completely flummox linguists? 🤔
Why were college students inventing words like “shenanigans” centuries ago?
And who decided “thingamajig” was good enough to become an actual word?!
In this episode of Have YOU heard?, we dive into 10 hilarious old-timey English words, their strange origins, and why many of them vanished from everyday speech. Some of these words confused people back then—and they STILL do today.
If you love word history, forgotten words and phrases, strange facts, and laugh-out-loud language origins, you’re going to love this one.
Stick around and tell me which word deserves a comeback 👀
⏰ Timestamps:
00:11 – Flummoxed
00:51 – Tomfoolery
01:32 – Twixt
02:13 – Shenanigans
03:10 – Hoodwink
03:59 – Blethering
04:34 – Hullabaloo
05:15 – Curmudgeon
05:57 – Bamboozled
06:41 – Thingamajig
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Troy W. Hudson
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Troy W. Hudson is an American Voice Over Artist, Character Voice Actor, Video Host and Storyteller CELEBRATING 40+ years of professional experience in multimedia production. I deliver high quality professional voice overs and on camera presentations. I voice and produce commercials, narrations, elearning, explainers, children’s storytelling, telephony and a lot more. I’ve produced over 80 audiobooks along with a wide range of character voices for games, escape rooms and phone messages. 💚 🎤
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