Words That Need To Be Brought Back

Every year, the Internet publishes lists of words or phrases that need to be retired.  In the minds of the authors, they are passé and out of touch with the multitudes.  Words and phrases such as “let me ask you this,” “unpack,” “impactful,” “nothingburger,” “tons,” “dish,” “drill down,” “let that sink in,” “fake news,” “pre-owned,” “woke,” “ lit,” “turnt,” “bae,” “onboarding/offboarding,” “hot water heater,” and “gig economy.”

SO, with that in mind, here’s a list of words that people think should be brought back (in no particular order, other than alphabetical):

besmirch

brouhaha

callipygian

canoodling

copacetic

cromulent

debauchery

dilapidated 

defenestrate

dysania

elocution 

fie

flabbergasted 

flibbertigibbet

flummox

folderol

fortnight

gangbusters

impeccable 

keen

kerfuffle 

opaque

perendinate

persnickety

pulchritude 

pusillanimous

ramshackle

rapscallion

scalawag

scofflaw

scoundrel

scurrilous

shindig

shivviness

skullduggery

spelunking

strumpet

tomfoolery

ultracrepidarian

wastrel

zephyr

Any others?