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1) hook up, said gena lovins fausel. We also added some of our own ideas. These days, we often say nice! sarcastically to mean that's really ignorant! if we traced the word nice back to its source, though, it wouldn't be sarcastic at all. Web countless words have changed or even lost meanings over time. So what words from long ago carry a very different meaning today? This list has a collection of common words who's old meanings have all but disappeared. Some words just don't mean what they used to. Web words change all the time and over time. Let us know in comments.