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1. Scallywag?

Seems to have fallen out of favor, much to the detriment of the English language.


@ghost-of-a-duke said
1. Scallywag?

Seems to have fallen out of favor, much to the detriment of the English language.
Still used in our house as a euphemism for "spawn of Satan".
(Precocious 4 year-old daughter ....)


@wolfgang59 said
Still used in our house as a euphemism for "spawn of Satan".
(Precocious 4 year-old daughter ....)
😆 Be patient sir. in a couple of decades, she will be perfectly lovely and buy you slippers for Christmas.


@ghost-of-a-duke said
1. Scallywag?

Seems to have fallen out of favor, much to the detriment of the English language.
Is a "scallywag" actually a scalawag?

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@handyandy said
Is a "scallywag" actually a scalawag?
......You scallywag.


@ghost-of-a-duke said
......You scallywag.
After the American Civil War, a scalawag/scallywag was a white Southerner who supported emancipation.

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@handyandy said
After the American Civil War, a scalawag/scallywag was a white Southerner who supported emancipation.
And "bras" were used to support something else.

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i'm gonna be a ghosty scalawag for halloween...


@ghost-of-a-duke said
1. Scallywag?

Seems to have fallen out of favor, much to the detriment of the English language.
2. Groovy

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@handyandy said
2. Groovy
3 hairy

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@rookie54 said
3 hairy
All you whippersnappers...

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@handyandy said
2. Groovy
I think Phil Collins ruined that one.

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3. Paradigm (shift)

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@handyandy said
After the American Civil War, a scalawag/scallywag was a white Southerner who supported emancipation.
Thank you for that ConvenientAndrew

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