Forgotten pieces of our language!

Quadophile

Quadophile

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Everyone knows that new words are added to the dictionaries, but, how many know that many are deleted as well!
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Every ten years or so, the wordsmiths work on an updated edition. Hundreds of words (like "snollygoster") are cut, and even more (like "phat") are added.
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Are words ever removed from the dictionary?

Compendium of Lost Words
 
lol

a word like snollygoster doesnt deserve to be in a dictionary with such prestigious words as phat
 
ah ha! so that's where they went ... :)


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