Save The Words.
A website where you can adopt words that may otherwise sadly fall into disuse, and be dropped from the Oxford dictionary. Dropped! Imagine - words that are no longer real words. A fate akin to death. For words, that is.
I myself have adopted ficulnean. When, for example, I tell you that fig-tree trunks often bear large nodal tumors, where branches have been shed or removed, I am giving you some ficulnean information. Ficulnean: worthless information regarding fig-tree wood. Yes, there is a word for that. Aren't you glad to know it?
There are plenty more where that came from - words such as woundikins, artigrapher, dodrantal, xenization, and teterrimous (none of which are recognised by LJ's own spellchecker).
No, I don't know if there's a point to this website. Frankly, nor do I care. I just couldn't resist their little voices, crying out, "Me, me! Pick me!"
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We slashers of the world *MUST* all adopt this word!!!!
:)
(Also 'vargeous'.)
(Dodrantal: of nine inches in length.)
And OOOOOH! :-)
*g*
Sam labascated on the edge of the cliff.
"Nooooo!" Jack shouted.
Too late.
Splat.
Perhaps she's a qualified airgonaut, though...
Heh - wonder what would happen if they became common again just after they'd been dropped from the dictionary...
You get an adoption certificate and everything...