I thought this might be interesting; here are some words/phrases I would like hearing more when defining an observation.
Classy, Symmetry, Creative, Perceptive, Definitive, You’ve Won the lottery!
Comity, Irenic, Contumacious.
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Nobody says ‘hood’ (as in ‘criminal’, not ‘neighbourhood’) anymore.
I’ve always been fond of the word “spiffy,” which is no longer in common usage these days. It’s such a friendly, happy word… if it were a girl, you just know you could take it home to your mother.
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I’ve always been fond of the word “spiffy,” which is no longer in common usage these days.
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I call my '63 Triumph Herald ‘Spiffy Harold’.
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.]
I call my '63 Triumph Herald ‘Spiffy Harold’.
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Spiffy! 
In my opinion
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Nobody says ‘hood’ (as in ‘criminal’, not ‘neighbourhood’) anymore.
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and chippies. Where are all the hoods and chippies?
[QUOTE=The Sonoran Lizard King]
and chippies. Where are all the hoods and chippies?
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Wow. There’s a blast from the past. I had a class in high school called The Student And The Law. The teacher was a retired cop, who used phrases like ‘chipping around with drugs’.
threpterophilia n. a fondness for female nurses.