0Out-Of-Use Words In 2017
As we are approaching the fag-end of the year 2017, it is time to take a look back at language.
Every year when we read news paper new words are added and some old words are removed from use.
The devout news paper readers observe it with relish. They hone their language with razor sharp usage of words. They are the people who win the hearts during public speaking.
We can call them the lost words in English during year 2017
1. Ambodexter, n: One who takes bribes from both sides
2. Betrump, v: To deceive, cheat; to elude: This particular word is used this year by only The Asian Age in India and Spectator in west. This is used for the news from US and Latin US.
3. Coney-catch, v: To swindle, cheat, deceive
4. Hugger-mugger, n, adj, and adv: Concealment, secrecy; clandestinely
5. Nickum, n: A cheating or dishonest person
6. Quacksalver, n: A person who dishonestly claims knowledge of medicine
7. Rouker, n: A person who whispers or spreads rumors, this particular word is used this year the most acclaimed daily The Asian Age and spectator in west.
8. Man-millinery, adj: Suggestive of male vanity or pomposity
9. Parget, v: To daub the face or body with powder or paint
10. Snout-fair, adj: Fair-faced, comely, handsome
11. Slug-a-bed, n: One who lies long in bed through laziness
12. Losenger, n: A false flatterer, a lying rascal, a deceiver
13. Momist, n: A person who habitually finds fault; a harsh critic,
14. Peacockize, v: To pose or strut ostentatiously
15. Percher, n: An ambitious or self-assertive person
16. Rouzy-bouzy, adj: Boisterously drunk
17. Ruff, v: To swagger, bluster, domineer.
18. Sillytonian, n: A silly or gullible person
19. Wlonk, adj + n: Proud, haughty; splendid
20. Fumish, adj: Hot-tempered, irascible, passionate
21. Awhape, v: To amaze, stupefy with fear
22. Hugge, v: To shake with fear or with cold
23. Merry-go-sorry, n: A mixture of joy and sorrow
24. Stomaching, adj: Given to cherish anger or resentment
25. Swerk, v: To become dark or gloomy
26. Teen, v: To vex, irritate, annoy, anger
27. Tremblable, adj: Causing dread or horror
28. Wasteheart, int: Used to express grief, pity, regret
29. Dowsabel, n: Sweetheart, ‘lady-love’
30. Ear-rent, n: Figurative cost of listening to trivial talk
Unfamiliar they may be now but at least one could be returning to modern use as part of a campaign to highlight how long-lost words are still relevant today.
These 30 words are selected by language experts at the University of York as being ripe for revival. Senior Lecturer Dominic Watt and his research team spent three months scouring historic texts and etymological dictionaries to create the list.
They are grouped into themes which Dr Watt in Forensic Speech Science at the University of York, he undertakes forensic phonetic casework on a part-time basis. Dr Watt co-designed and delivers the MSc in Forensic Speech Science at York, the only course of its kind. He has degrees in linguistics and phonetics from the Universities of Edinburgh and Newcastle, and has held teaching and research positions in the speech sciences at institutions throughout the UK and in Germany.
I personally admire Dr Watt as a Professor of Mass Communication. I appreciate this passion and study in the language domain. I shoulder his view on its importance in modern life: post-truth (deception), appearance, personality, behavior, and emotions.
