They are prattling gabblers, lickorous gluttons, freckled bittor knaves, drowsy loiterers slapsauce fellows slabberdegullion druggles lubberly louts, cozening foxes, drunken roysters, sly kanves, sycophant varlets drawlatch hoddens flouting milksops . To mention just the tip of the iceberg.
SAY WHAT?
In WORLD WIDE WORDS a long ago pal on Answerbag sent me a list of real words that really were used back in the day.
I LOVE THEM. There are many more. They had character and depth and emotion.
I have no idea what any of them mean but so what? I like the sounds.
