A research team from the University of York has come up with thirty extinct English words that they think would work well in today’s world — and they are taking a poll to see which one to re-introduce to the Oxford English Dictionary.
You can take the poll here:
I will skew the results (one way or the other) by saying that I voted for the too-on-the-nose betrump: to deceive, cheat; to elude, slip from.
(I will also note that I, personally, still use “slug-a-bed.”)
Researchers Have Identified Thirty ‘Lost’ English Words
Have you ever been called a nickum? Someone’s saying you’re a liar. What about snout-fair? It might not sound like a compliment, but it actually means hand
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Rouker, the rumour-monger seems apt to these days.
I saw this earlier, and I just love "merry-go-sorry". I don't know why, but it catches my fancy in a simultaneously sad and happy kind of way.
I don't think that "slug-a-bed" was all that lost. I've seen it used.