27 Delightful Obsolete Words It’s High Time We Revived...

20 Aug 2013

Just a little bit of fun here...or, next time you're at a loss for words...try one of these on for size... happy8

27 Delightful Obsolete Words It’s High Time We Revived
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I once knew a drinker who had a moderating problem...

21 Oct 2015

Here is a baker's dozen

Camelopard, Cutpurse, Contumely, Cicisbeo, Cispontine, Coxcomb, Caducity
Chapman, Circumjacent, Cordwainer, Caboose, Clew, Contemn

8 Sep 2018

16 Aug 2020

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana

16 Aug 2020

Muckraking
"Mudslinging and muckraking--two words commonly connected with the pursuit of an elected office and the flotsam the campaigns leave in their wake.
"Voters seem fairly familiar with the term used to describe malicious or scandalous attacks against opponents, but the latter 'm' word may be new for some people. It is an obsolete word describing a tool used to rake muck or dung and used in reference to a character in John Bunyan’s classic Pilgrim’s Progress [1678]--'the Man with the Muck-rake' who rejected salvation to focus on filth."
(Vanessa Curry, "Don’t Muck It Up, and We Won’t Rake It." The Daily Herald [Columbia, TN], April 3, 2014)|

17 Aug 2020

frammus

a generic noun that can be substituted for anything, known or uknown.

synonym for widget-

"he broke his...uhhh...frammus playing football"

18 Apr 2024

Sanguine - optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation

Paradise

Light of a new day; a passing rain shower; beauty of an Australian rainforest.

The Veil Between Good and Evil

"Beyond The Veil" Competition Top 10: Good and evil exist beyond the veil.