Forgotten pieces of our language!

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.

Are words ever removed from the dictionary?


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lol

a word like snollygoster doesnt deserve to be in a dictionary with such prestigious words as phat
 

muckshifter

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ah ha! so that's where they went ... :)


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