Quidnunc – it means busybody
Uxorious – excessively or foolishly devoted to one’s wife
Emetic – causing vomiting, see Brithael
Well, I don’t suppose any of you were in elementary school 4 years ago, but I remember when people used to say “Not!” and “Sike” a lot. A typical demonstration would go something like this: “Hey look, money! Not!!!”
Mrunner
Prithee, I shall construe…(said sitting on the davenport, whiling away the day…)
Purely a regionalism, but a nice one: “Please?”
Found only mostly around Cincinnati, I’ve found, meaning “Huh? Didn’t catch that? Duh, whuuut? Sorry, I didn’t understand” or variations thereof.
Said to be grounded in the German usage of “bitte”, or please.
A minor grace note that has passed, from my life at least, but worth noting.
Along with real Cinti. chili (a four way! my life for a four way!), it’s one of things I miss most. It’s flexible, courteous and damned useful. If other people would just get with the program.
Sigh. I’m becoming a codger.
Mulatto (half-black)
Quadroon (quarter-black)
I know the OP said no racial ones, but these weren’t necessarily meant to be offensive in their day.
Neat-o
VTR instead of VCR
“It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument” - William McAdoo