21 words that should never come out of a gentleman’s mouth

Look here now, gents. We may no longer dress like the gentility of the Victorian era (which is a massive shame), and we may not travel by horse and cart to get from A to B anymore, but that’s no excuse to let our Queen’s English slip. You wouldn’t have found these words around then.

Granted, some of these may be acceptable when travelling to other countries to get around the language barrier, but as a rule of thumb, when on home soil these are the 21 words that should never pass through a gentleman’s lips…

1. Toilet – Alternative: Loo
2. Serviette – Alternative: Napkin
3. Panties – Alternative: Underwear
4. Chillax – Alternative: Calm down
5. Legit – Alternative: That’s for certain
6. Ermmm – Alternative: (A small pause)
7. Lounge – Alternative: Drawing room
8. Settee – Alternative: Sofa
9. Plebs – Alternative: Hoi polloi
10. Horseriding – Alternative: Riding
11. What? – Alternative: Excuse me?
12. Hanky-panky – Alternative: Sex
13. Kinky – Alternative: Aroused
14. Perf – Alternative: Perfect
15. Lol – Alternative: Just do an actual laugh
16. Vino – Alternative: Wine
17. Well good – Alternative: That was brilliant
18. Dinner – Alternative: Supper
19. Posh – Alternative: Upper class
20. Telly – Alternative: Television
21. Just sayin’ – Alternative: Just to clarify

(Image: BBC)