Have you got dysania? Perhaps it's because you're philogrobilized! So stop twattling about it and learn some of these sweet old-school words!
Like everything else, language changes and evolves, especially so in these days of mass communication, easy cultural exchange, memes, and increasing standardization of a world 'internet language.'
Whether that's to our benefit or detriment is up to you to decide. Some have claimed, without strong evidence, that everyone’s vocabulary is decreasing. How might a curious reader explore the words instead? Buy a dictionary? Get together a crew and perform one of Shakespeare's plays in your living room?
An excellent place to start is to check out this impressive list below. Satisfyingly descriptive, fascinating and sometimes bafflingly unnecessary words from ye olde times that you can impress your mates with!
Scroll down to check them out below:
More info: History Hustle
Try the word in a real sentence
An unusual word can be delightful in isolation and awkward in conversation. Write a sentence using the meaning supplied, then ask whether the reader would understand it without a footnote. If the answer is no, that may be part of a playful effect rather than a reason to discard it.
For a word you plan to use seriously, check a dictionary entry that gives its history and usage, not only a circulating image. Old, rare and newly coined are different descriptions. The gallery can start a vocabulary hunt without proving that modern speakers know fewer words or that every item was once common English.
Check the register as well as the definition
A rare word may be playful, literary, regional or obsolete rather than a natural replacement in every sentence. A dictionary’s usage labels help make that distinction. Keeping a note of where a word appeared is also useful: it lets you revisit the context instead of remembering only an amusing spelling and an oversimplified image caption.
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These are SO APT in today's time.....
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I have keep having strong reservations about many of the words. I suspect the highly creative people are simply making up the words and the meanings to go with them.
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