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"WHEN I groused about the "word of the day" business, I said that I didn't oppose all rare words, and I'm delighted that someone had the time to create savethewords.org. There you can adopt a rare word, promising to use it as often as possible in order to keep it alive. (The interface is very cool too.) My brief against "osculate" would apply to "crassulent", which is defined on the site as "very fat, grossly obese", and "philargyrist", someone who loves money. I don't think the world is so short of words for those that we need to keep them on the simmer. A different non-necessity is provided by words such as "siagonology"; if you choose to save and adopt this word, meaning the study of jaw-bones, how often are you going to get to refer to it? But "gleimous" is a good word, sounding not unlike what it means: "slimy, full of phlegm". "Snollygoster", an unprincipled person, has a great sound too. "Magistercide", the murder of a teacher or master, is useful enough. So if you're so inclined, head on over to save a word, and let us know what you thought worth saving in the comments."

http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2010/08/rare_words


and the website itself: http://www.savethewords.org/

[Edited on August 23, 2010 at 9:42 PM. Reason : .]

8/23/2010 9:41:05 PM

I'm more of a newspeak kinda guy, myself. There are too many words, let's get rid of them.

8/23/2010 9:57:09 PM

there really are some fucking stupid words

8/23/2010 9:58:19 PM

i ain't never not herd of no such werds.

8/23/2010 10:01:49 PM

I was thinking about adopting "temerate."

But I'd probably temerate the hell out of my promise my to use it.

8/23/2010 11:30:49 PM