By JOHN KANELIS / johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com

I’m not sure where to go with this post, but I’ll start by resurrecting a Facebook statement I made in 2016.

It goes like this: I’m now considering a campaign to resurrect words we never hear any longer. My first potential candidate is “fink.” Dear ol’ Dad used to call people “fink” all the time.

I am open to suggestions.

The word “fink” suits me fine. Dad referred to individuals as “fink” when he thought little of them. A derivative of “fink” is “rat fink,” you know, the individual who tattles on others. We don’t hear that one, either, these days.

Does anyone ever say “swell” any more when talking about a condition they think is just, oh, swell? How about when we want someone to leave our presence? We used to say “scram!” We replaced that with “beat it,” but that term now has a sort of, um, double entendre … you know what I mean?

Twenty-first century language bears little resemblance in many ways to what some of us older folks grew up learning.

Hey, I have just a few idle moments to share this missive with you.

Again, if you have any more ideas for words that could be revived, I am open to hearing them. Let’s share. OK?