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20 Forgotten English Words That Are Just As Useful Today
Have you got dysania? Perhaps it is because you are philogrobilized! So stop twattling about it and learn a few of these sweet olde-school words!
Like everything else, language changes and evolves over time, especially so in these days of mass communication, memes, easy cultural exchange and increasing standardization of a global 'internet language.'
Whether this is to our benefit or detriment is up to you to decide, but the reality is that in a more visually oriented world, our vocabularies are decreasing. What to do about this? Read more? Buy a dictionary? Get together a crew and perform one of Shakespeare's plays in your living room?
A good place to start is to check out this awesome list that we at Bored Panda have compiled. Satisfyingly descriptive, amusing and sometimes bafflingly unnecessary words from ye olde times that you can impress your mates with!
Scroll down to check them out below, and don't forget to vote for your faves!
(h/t: History Hustle)
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Anne Glassman 8 years ago
"I'm calling in sick. I have a problem with my eyes." "Oh no! Is it serious?" "Well, I can't see. I can't see myself coming into work today."
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Grazina Strolia 8 years ago
I love the story behind this word! An artist had made a painting of a man wearing sandals. A shoemaker, looking at the painting, told him he'd gotten part of the sandal wrong. The painter, acknowledging the man's expertise in the area, repainted the sandal. Then the shoemaker began to offer criticism on the rest of the painting. The painter replied, "You're a shoemaker. Don't criticize anything above the shoe." (Ultracrepidarian literally means, "One who is above (ultra) the shoe (crepe)).
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Ladies and Gentlemen 8 years ago
So .. in a way i can say that .. half of my college mates were .. - Lans*whatever*the*word*that*is*
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Ladies and Gentlemen 8 years ago
I would say British countryside girls are like this, i am not saying everyone. Also, it's not a bad thing. Manners are manners, no matter what age.
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James A. Smith Jr. 8 years ago
I have actually heard a few of these growing up. And a lot of variations that were probably adapted from the originals. As John says, many are complicated and hard to pronounce.
James A. Smith Jr. 8 years ago
I have actually heard a few of these growing up. And a lot of variations that were probably adapted from the originals. As John says, many are complicated and hard to pronounce.
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