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You'll be pleased to know, alanfi, that "back in the day" comes from the USA and the phrase arose during the 20th century.

I rather like the medieval word "endris", as in the carol This Endris Night (meaning: "one night recently", or "the other night"). If only we could revive it.

I came across the word "mollocating" today, as in "Switzerland were hammering the Welsh. Mollocating them."
I cannot find this word in any dictionary. Any ideas?

Hi Orson, it might be Scottish, see here…
https://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/sndns2594

That's interesting, jono. Thanks.

Glad I could help

Malone Jigjag

If you are looking in, nice to see one of your favourite words at 1A in Times today

I'm fairly sure I heard a ClassicFM presenter yesterday say "and that was Desire, from Verdi's Requiem".

Grunger, thanks. I thought of you and Jigjag when I entered 1 Across earlier today. The child in me still reads it (inwardly, not aloud) as Four ....

I was grumbling away to myself at the weekend as a few puzzles seemed to be clinging on to old, dated terms. Hip, with it, was there - it's always there, despite not being used for decades. There were others, but I can't remember them. I didn't want to mention them at the time as the puzzles were 'live' and I didn't want any spoilers. By Monday or Tuesday, my brain erased the niggles!

Malone Grunger

I entered it as fo'c's'le but I was a character short, so there must be an alternative spelling.

Malone

I have never heard 'hip' used in that sense, though it is always used in crosswords as you say. Not often heard "with it" either, though I hear it used in the 'I'm not with it today' sense.

Jigjag

Fo'c's'le's a lovely word but did it fit with the checkers?