Monday, 24 June 2013

27 Words That Used To Mean Something Totally Different

Did you know that the word awful, which now means very unpleasant, once meant inspiring wonder? Or that the original meaning of the word guy was a person of grotesque appearance? And that the original meaning of sophisticated was unnatural or contaminated?

27 Words That Used To Mean Something Totally Different.

1 comment(s):

tony m said...

They forgot gay and queer both of which have totally different meanings now to what they used to. In fact i think the word gay is even going through yet another transition with younger people today...on youtube anyway lol.