Words we no longer use

by sleepy 25 Replies latest jw friends

  • LuckyLucy
    LuckyLucy

    Quotes......LMAO!!! Warming up the printer!
  • sleepy
    sleepy

    Secular.I hate that word.

    There was always someone who would put "secular" before everything, secular work, secular entertainment secular this that and the other.

  • SYN
    SYN

    Theocratic Ministry School (heh, can't imagine that one coming up in any of my day-to-day convos!)

    Circuit/District Overseer

    Field Service

    Elder

    There are too many to count! I think my vocabulary dropped by about 10% when I exited Assimilation!

  • Dismembered
    Dismembered

    Rely on Jehovah = cross your arms and go on welfare

    In The Truth = knows everything

    Brother/Sister = pseudo friend

    The Brudders = Brain Police/storm troopers

    Pioneer = busy body

    Are you going to meeting, or I'll see you at meeting. What hell is that?

    Fredhall

    Edited by - Dismembered on 22 August 2002 13:22:1

  • JBean
    JBean

    Oh! I have one: how 'bout "remnant"... it always reminded me of carpets!!! hee!

  • link
    link

    Or how about "ones" as in "ones comming along"?

    link

  • blacksheep
    blacksheep

    Quotes: Too funny.

    Here's another phrase: "Spritual truths" (My mom always prounced as "trooz"....I still hear it)

    Translation: Watchtower propaganda (as in no normal, sane person reading the bible would come up with that interpretation...)

  • blacksheep
    blacksheep

    On a related note...

    "Food at the proper time"

    Translation: some of the more serious WT propaganda, not to be presented to new ones too early, or they'll bolt for sure

  • haujobbz
    haujobbz

    Re: sleepy

    What do you mean"words we no longer use" i love all those words like last days,great crowd,brother,elder in fact i love those words so much i call people brother and sister in the street and i call my family the great crowd due to my dad having 14 kids,i call my dad elder,my wife sister,i call the local park paradise and i call bad things demonized.

    Anyway what you doing with the k-bulls.

    I wanna try the k-bulls also did you find out the prices and times to get to destination ?

  • dsgal
    dsgal

    Making progress

    Time sheets

    Bad association

    Armageddon

    In the truth

    Worldly person

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