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From greetings to farewells, the English vernacular has altered a great deal since the days of Queen Victoria. Many words and phrases have faded from daily vocabulary. However, MentalFloss proposes there are 56 delightful Victorian slang terms you should be using today.
To improve upon your Victorian language, review the list of slang below!
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Click image to identify the meanings of these Victorian slang words & phrases?
Oh – I’m so going to have to use afternoonified in my next conversation with someone! I still use wheedling…
Fun post!
Thank you ever so much!
As usual, love it and will be watching for places to use these in my next book!
Do! How wonderful it would be to see such fun words upon the pages.
Need to work on my phrasing! 5 out of 12! To much lallygagging!
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