Thursday, November 30, 2017

It pays to increase your word power...

It pays to increase your word power...


http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20171122-twenty-six-words-we-dont-want-to-lose

4 comments:

  1. I’ve been told I have agerasia. Does that make me agerasiastic, agerasian, agerasiatic or an agerasiast? Spellcheck likes agerasian. As I get closer to 50, I’m really glad to have a word for it, even if that word sounds like a terrible disease.

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  2. The pronunciation guide makes it sound like "age-eraser" which seems apropos.

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  3. ‘Mamamouchi’ is a delight to say out loud, and has an equally delectable meaning: ‘someone who believes themselves more important than they really are’.

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