This makes me sad. I'm going to endeavour to use at least one of these words in a sentence every day. And maybe resurrect some extinct words, and randomly chuck them around the internet to see if they can make it back into the dictionary.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/au ... dictionary
Quote:
Aerodrome and charabanc are among the words presumed to have become extinct in the past year, according to lexicographers.
Collins Dictionary experts have compiled a list of words which have fallen out of use by tracking how often they appear.
Other words on the list include "wittol"– a man who tolerates his wife's infidelity, which has not been much used since the 1940s.
The terms "drysalter", a dealer in certain chemical products and foods, and "alienism", the study and treatment of mental illness, have also faded from use.
Some of the vanished words are old-fashioned modes of transport such as the "cyclogiro", a type of aircraft propelled by rotating blades, and charabanc, a motor coach.
The "stauroscope", an optical instrument for studying the crystal structure of minerals under polarized light, is also no longer used
Other words which have passed out of use include 'supererogate' which means to do or perform more than is required.
While 'succedaneum', meaning something used as a substitute also no longer trips off the modern tongue.
Neither does 'woolfell'. the skin of a sheep or similar animal with the fleece still attached.
22 Aug 2011, 5:39 am
