What words have disappeared from the language recently.?
Every year a bunch of new words creep into the English language. Eg. blog, iPod, jihad, imam etc. What words were in use say 30 or 40 years ago but are now obsolete or gone?
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I never hear anyone say Golly! or Gee Whilakers! like on the old re-runs of "Leave it to Beaver."
When I was a kid, we always had to call an adult Mr. or Mrs. or Miss, now I always hear kids call them by the first name.
Also, schwinn bikes use to be the ultimate in cool. Atari’s games, rock-em sock-em robots, Pac-man.
American Bandstand, "I want my MTV" = when MTV actually played music videos & had VJ’s.
I haven’t heard the term "going steady" in years.