You know… some days you just need a break and the interweb beckons…
And here’s what you might find – a healthy, daily dose of obscure slang terms from the website MentalFloss:
TOAD-STRANGLER - Comes from the Gulf states – it describes a sudden, and heavy, rain capable of choking an amphibian.
WHOOPERUPS - This was a Victorian term for “inferior, noisy singers” – you could probably use it today during your next round of karaoke.
GOT THE PANTS - As per “Passing English of the Victorian Era,” this phrase means “panting from over-exertion.” For example, after running a marathon, you get the pants!
TO POKE BOGEY - A 19th-century slang word for tricking someone, that possibly has its roots in words for ghosts—bogey as in bogeyman, and poke may be related to an old English word for spirit.
And my favorite:
HURKLE-DURKLE - John Jamieson’s Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language reports that 200 years ago to hurkle-durkle meant “To lie in bed, or to lounge after it is time to get up or go to work.”
One of the great things about the English language is how it’s always reinventing itself with new words and fresh twists on old standbys.
Slang considered “hip” just a few years back now labels you as outdated and out of touch.
But some things don’t change – like the value of having a retirement portfolio that grows regardless of the positive adjectives used to describe it. Groovy, out-of-sight, or wicked – call it what you will, here at The Wealth Advocate we think it’s simply what you deserve.
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