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Use ‘Em or Lose ‘Em

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Just came across this movement: Oxford University Press is asking you to save the words that they are presumably thinking about dropping from the dictionary. Adopt one here! I think I’ll adopt “vacivity”: such a nice way to say empitness.

And just clicking around, I found what looks to be a fascinating book about a word that is in no danger: “the F word.”

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Written by Ian LeTournneau

September 3rd, 2009 at 10:21 am

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4 Responses to 'Use ‘Em or Lose ‘Em'

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  1. Pugnastics. (Fun!)

    Ariel Gordon

    3 Sep 09 at 11:37 am

  2. Fun, indeed!

    Ian LeTournneau

    3 Sep 09 at 12:35 pm

  3. Ha! That’s great!

    Brenda Schmidt

    4 Sep 09 at 2:51 pm

  4. So did you adopt any words, Brenda?

    Ian LeTournneau

    4 Sep 09 at 9:45 pm

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