My Grandma other used funny words! I'm sure there's many more!!
mcdaddy
payphone
upright airline service (oh wait, that's a phrase)
Bees knees
can u verbs it
gregarious
typewriter
carbon paper
account player
phonograph
automobile
work (just kidding!)
floppy disc
conscientious
pocketbook
icebox,,,,instead of fridge. or also rolled oats,,,,or Mothers oats,,,porridge,,,instead of basically plain Oatmeal..
Well I know we don't use this word Chirsmastine.
haven. As in "safe and sound haven."
Steamship
oleo, davenport, garret, breeches, lanai
alopecia, n., baldness.
Perhaps it would be appropriate to greet certain faculty member with, "Good morning, professor. And how is you alopecia this morning?"
rime box (refrigerator)
futile,
problematic,
nimrod
sike
dufus