• 14 Words Only People Above 50 Are Allowed To Say

    If you say any of the words in this article, you’re a 50+ person. Don’t argue with us. 1. Wherewithal “Father Lord, please give us the wherewithal…” 2. Hullabaloo Anyone who says this was a primary school proprietor in their past life. 3. Moist Nobody should be saying this word. This is one of the […]

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    If you say any of the words in this article, you’re a 50+ person. Don’t argue with us.

    1. Wherewithal

    “Father Lord, please give us the wherewithal…”

    2. Hullabaloo

    Anyone who says this was a primary school proprietor in their past life.

    3. Moist

    Nobody should be saying this word. This is one of the weirdest English words ever.

    4. Nincompoop

    You’re not allowed to say this if you don’t have grandchildren.

    5. “Satis” instead of “Sausage”

    Big mummy, please.

    6. “Platform” instead of “Group chat”

    Big daddy, please.

    7. Happenstance

    How do you even use this in a sentence?

    8. Gallivanting

    This word has aggressive energy. It just does.

    9. Nevertheless

    What is this? King James Bible?

    10. “Raggolis” instead of “Plastic bottle”

    Don’t say this.

    11. Damsel

    This usually goes well with the word pretty. It’s usually “Pretty Damsel”.

    12. Peradventure

    Just say maybe. Ahn ahn?

    13. Howbeit

    I don’t even know what this means.

    14. Groove

    Let’s groove baby.


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