Thanks to alert Ex-Gifted Reader David, who sent in an article featuring 24 words the Collins English Dictionary wants to remove to “make room for up to 2,000 new entries.” This is a terrible thing! Old words are far superior to new ones.
Maybe, if these words are updated to have more current meanings, we can save them from destruction. Below are a few of my suggestions. Please implement them into your everyday vocabulary and save them from almost certain demise!
Abstergent
Actual definition: Cleansing
New definition: Having superior washboard abs as the result of elective surgery
Agrestic
Actual definition: Rural
New definition: Aggressive, Sarah Palin-style
Embrangle
Actual definition: To confuse
New definition: To sew in one’s own weave
Muliebrity
Actual definition: The condition of being a woman
New definition: The condition of being a young, hot, boozing, rehab-hopping celebrity donkey
Skirr
Actual definition: A whirring sound
New definition: To scare (as in, “don’t skirr me!”). I guess this definition already exists.
Check out the rest of the words here.
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