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THE RECLAMATION OF LOST WORDS

2010-03-17 10:56:49.302592+00 by Chris 4 comments

interesting, see what you think I particularly like "blatherskite -- one who loudly displays his ignorance. Universally applicable in the American public discourse; think radio talk show bloviators and the combatants on the Sunday morning television mud wrestling (aka political commentary) shows.

and: tootle -- to move along in a very leisurely manner.

http://www.lost-vocabulary.com/index.html

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#Comment Re: made: 2010-03-17 12:08:42.485838+00 by: m

For a humbling vocabulary experience:

http://freerice.com/index.php

At level 50 the words become a bit obscure

#Comment Re: made: 2010-03-17 15:10:08.341121+00 by: Nancy

In Dominica, to "tootle" is to gently tap your horn (usually several times) at someone in another vehicle. It's considered a polite (and leisurely) way to ask them to move along in a very leisurely manner, so I think the definition fits!

#Comment Re: made: 2010-03-19 17:18:33.373534+00 by: Shawn

Boy, you weren't kidding, m. Although this seems to apply to the upper 40s as well - maybe anything after 40?

#Comment Re: made: 2010-03-20 16:06:34.90823+00 by: John Anderson

I got to level 51 but couldn't progress past that...