A fabulous little site designed to highlight the number of words that are being eradicated from the English language every year.
I have personally adopted three of these words in an attempt to save them from the literary scrapheap.
The words I am attempting to save are below but in all honesty there are hundreds of words on there I would save given half the chance.
I have adopted squiriferous, Snollygoster and Panchymagogue
Squiriferous – Having the characters or qualities of a gentleman.
After 30 years in the jungle living with monkeys, Mongo had lost his squiriferous manners, but he was a whiz at collecting coconuts.
Snollygoster – A shrewd, unprincipled person, especially a politician.
Instead of giving snollygosters the key to the city, it might be better to change the locks.
Panchymagogue – Medicine purging body fluids from the body.
I can’t belive you tongue-kissed Chris – here, you’ll need this panchmagogue.
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