# Words That Should Be Used More **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 14, 2007, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-should-be-used-more/387996 "2007-01-14T23:35:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eclipse28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4bbf92/32.png) [@Eclipse28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eclipse28)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-should-be-used-more/387996/1 "2007-01-14T23:35:28Z")
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. Eclipse28 \ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-should-be-used-more/387996/2 "2007-01-14T23:36:27Z")
Nobody says ‘hood’ (as in ‘criminal’, not ‘neighbourhood’) anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-should-be-used-more/387996/3 "2007-01-14T23:52:21Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-should-be-used-more/387996/4 "2007-01-14T23:56:01Z")
[QUOTE=Astroboy14] I’ve always been fond of the word “spiffy,” which is no longer in common usage these days. [/QUOTE] I call my '63 Triumph Herald ‘Spiffy Harold’. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-should-be-used-more/387996/5 "2007-01-15T00:00:39Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] I call my '63 Triumph Herald ‘Spiffy Harold’. [/QUOTE] Spiffy! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-should-be-used-more/387996/6 "2007-01-15T00:11:53Z")
In my opinion ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-should-be-used-more/387996/7 "2007-01-15T00:17:25Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] Nobody says ‘hood’ (as in ‘criminal’, not ‘neighbourhood’) anymore. [/QUOTE] and chippies. Where are all the hoods and chippies? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-should-be-used-more/387996/8 "2007-01-15T00:25:06Z")
[QUOTE=The Sonoran Lizard King] and chippies. Where are all the hoods and chippies? [/QUOTE] 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’. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-should-be-used-more/387996/9 "2007-01-15T00:39:10Z")
**threpterophilia** _n_. a fondness for female nurses.