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Which word should they keep?

Ace2007 · 2008-10-06 23:08:31

So as the CED want to get rid of words, what onces should they keep http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1847042,00.html?iid=digg_share I think that Muliebrity is a cool word (only heard of it about an hour ago)

06-10-2008 11:08pm

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So as the CED want to get rid of words, what onces should they keep

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1847042,00.html?iid=digg_share

I think that Muliebrity is a cool word (only heard of it about an hour ago)

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#2 06-10-2008 11:09pm

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I use all those words on a daily basis! I can't believe they want to take them from me!!!! :eek:

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#3 06-10-2008 11:14pm

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such Caliginosity

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#4 06-10-2008 11:17pm

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Shower of niddering b*stards, I feel their attempts to exuviate these words from the english language is full of caliginosity.

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#5 06-10-2008 11:21pm

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They're all perfectly cromulent words.

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#6 06-10-2008 11:28pm

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to make room for 2000 new words

like bebo and facebook. and various other made up Web 2.0 names composed of two african-sounding syllables stuck together

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#7 06-10-2008 11:38pm

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I've heard Periapt used a few times in computer games and stuff. The rest I've yet to memorably encounter.

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#8 06-10-2008 11:44pm

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that would be an ecunemical matter.

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#9 06-10-2008 11:47pm

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Antidisestablismentarianism. Oh, and 'Fvckwit'. Love that one.

Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.

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#10 06-10-2008 11:48pm

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Ace2007 wrote: »

So as the CED want to get rid of words, what onces should they keep

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1847042,00.html?iid=digg_share

I think that Muliebrity is a cool word (only heard of it about an hour ago)

Definitly this one, onces.

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#11 07-10-2008 7:29am

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They want to get rid of Agrestic? Sounds familiar...

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#12 07-10-2008 7:51am

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They can't get rid of Exuviate (To shed)! It's a popular male activity (according to the sex change thread).

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#13 07-10-2008 8:25am

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I'm Embrangled

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#14 07-10-2008 8:31am

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Can't we all just be Vilipend?

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#15 07-10-2008 8:46am

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Olid: Foul-smelling

It's not funny enough.

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#16 07-10-2008 9:55am

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I love that word Muliebrity - makes being a woman sound like a disease.

I'm sure glad I don't suffer from Muliebrity!

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#17 07-10-2008 10:01am

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Surely these old words are compossible with all these new-fangled pseudowords.

See what I did there? :pac: :pac:

:rolleyes:

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#18 07-10-2008 10:01am

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Me and my friend actually do a Word of the Week thing (nerdy i know) where we have to learn a new word...and "agrestic" was one of them! Aaaww...have only just learned it now itll no longer exist what a waste of time, my brain hurt tryin to keep it in there :rolleyes:

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