Have you ever struggled to find the perfect word meaning the exact thing that you are feeling or the exact thing that is happening? The Oxford English Dictionary might contain 171,476 words - but despite frequently adding cool words from the modern lexicon (including bae, yeesh, and hasbian), not all of them make the cut.
The Book of Everyone is a platform dedicated to finding out weird curiosities and facts about the world. We discovered that there's a secret (not so secret anymore) vault owned by the Oxford University Press that stores interesting words that have been rejected to be included in the dictionary. Over the last year, we've posted these delightful, unused, and rare words on our Facebook page and are now sharing the collection here with you! Scroll down below to check out this unofficial dictionary words vocab, and don't forget to upvote your favorite weird words!
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What's the criteria for rejection? 'Wibble-wobble' has been a phrase in use for a long time. Wibble, used by itself would be a natural evolution of use.
There's actually a food truck that runs in my area that is called Locavore. I still think it's a funny word/name. In my head it means someone who eats trains.
Dear Kates, if you say "quote on quote" one more time, I will barf. One day we counted the number of times you used that term for your 15 minute presentation, it was TWENTY TWO TIMES!!
When I was around 5 I asked why we don't say , fingers for everything on our hand like we do for everything on our feet (toes) or if not that then, fumb and fingers or thumb and thingers as I felt that all of the digits should begin with the same letter? The answer that I got was an aggravated "because that's the way we say it"(I think I had reached the max on the "why" questions that day.):)
The Danish kids often call the big toe "tommel toe" hence the thumb is named "tommel finger" (or tommeltot = thumb tot). I'm just realising how silly that sounds.
I think this should be made a verb and refer to catching the leg of a table with your toe. To fumb.
Shouldn't that be precuperate? Like recuperate pre illness? It's also easier to say than percuperate.
Also called an outdated person and a fool for doing that while driving.
Yes, Rich Hall. I bought his "Sniglets" book back in the 80's.
Load More Replies...I'm wonder why some words change meaning over time. What makes them reject to these words.
Lack of usage. A word has the have considerable usage, usually over time and in print media, before it is considered to be dictionary worthy.
Load More Replies...I'm still trying to find a word for the illusion when you buy something at a store that comes in a box, and the box gets bigger as you walk toward your car.
Cloms - clothes in your closet, purchased by your mom that you will never wear.
Yes, Rich Hall. I bought his "Sniglets" book back in the 80's.
Load More Replies...I'm wonder why some words change meaning over time. What makes them reject to these words.
Lack of usage. A word has the have considerable usage, usually over time and in print media, before it is considered to be dictionary worthy.
Load More Replies...I'm still trying to find a word for the illusion when you buy something at a store that comes in a box, and the box gets bigger as you walk toward your car.
Cloms - clothes in your closet, purchased by your mom that you will never wear.