Britain's traditional slang insults are at risk of dying out, it has been revealed - see how many YOU know and use in our interactive quiz

Britain has a proud contented of its slang insults - pinch Del Boy calling Rodney some a 'plonker' and a 'prat'.

But these historical sayings could soon beryllium astatine consequence - arsenic a caller study has warned that immoderate of our favourite put downs are astatine consequence of dying out.

Researchers from Perspectus Global polled 2,000 Britons astir their favourite insults and recovered that 15 classics are group to dice retired wrong a generation.

Topping nan database is 'lummox', while 'bampot', 'blighter' and 'ninny' are besides connected their past legs, according to nan study.

So, is your favourite reproach soon to beryllium consigned to history? 

In nan study, nan researchers surveyed 2,000 Britons of various ages astir their favourite insults.

The results revealed that 72 per cent of Britons work together that we person a unsocial style erstwhile it comes to slights, while 81 per cent consciousness that insulting your loved ones is simply a very British trait.

However, half of Britons complete nan property of 40 judge insults were of a gentler quality backmost successful nan day.

The East Anglian word 'lummox' – meaning clumsy oaf – topped nan at-risk list, having not been heard by 62 per cent of young Britons.

This was followed by 'bampot' – a Scottish slang connection meaning an obnoxious personification – which had not been heard by 60 per cent of young Britons.

'Blighter' (unknown to 54 per cent of young Britons) was adjacent connected nan list, followed by 'ninny' (51 per cent), 'cad' (47 per cent), and 'drip' (42 per cent).

Other celebrated insults astatine consequence of dying retired see 'tosspot', 'plonker', 'nitwit', and 'prat.'

'Language changes, evolves and moves on,' said Harriet Scott, CEO of Perspectus Global.

'Our investigation shows that calling personification a plonker aliases a prat is nary longer a fashionable measurement to reproach them.

'Interestingly, nan investigation highlights nan grade to which Brits consciousness immoderate of nan much accepted jibes, consciousness softer and little severe, than immoderate of today's much arguable ones.

'It has been fascinating researching thousands of aged insults specified "mooncalf" which utilized to mean a fool - aliases "Cozener" meaning a trickster making love backmost to Shakespearean England'.

The news comes soon aft Countdown's Susie Dent revealed nan historical words she wants to spot backmost successful nan English language. 

One of her galore favourites is 'nodcrafty' which, contempt being from nan 19th century, is cleanable 'for immoderate Zoom meeting'.

'To beryllium nodcrafty is to person nan knack of nodding your caput arsenic if you're really pursuing on but really you tuned retired ages ago,' she told MailOnline. 

'I deliberation that's rather an important skill.'

Another little-know word, 'apricity', describes 'the astir cleanable feeling' – nan warmth of nan sun connected your backmost connected a winter's day. 

'There's only 1 grounds of it successful nan dictionary, from 1623,' Susie explained. 

'It's almost for illustration a linguistic mayfly – it conscionable survived for a time it seems and disappeared. 

'But upwind forecasters are opening to usage it which is brilliant.'

Yet different created successful nan 1500s is 'mumpsimus' – personification who insists that they're correct contempt clear grounds that they are not. 

Meanwhile, nan delightful Scots word 'hurkle-durkle' is to dishonesty successful furniture aliases lounge astir erstwhile 1 should beryllium up and about.