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The 12th annual collection aims to put muscle in people’s language, be they blatteroons or snollygosters.
What would you call someone who gives you their opinion on something about which they know… nothing?
While a few expletives may come to mind, you can say this about them: They are being ultracrepidarian.
That adjective it’s also a noun is one of ten words compiled by Wayne State University’s Word Warriors, whose mission is to revive English words that have fallen out of usage over time.
“There’s almost a like a little tingle you get, like ‘oh, yeah, that’s a good word.’” Chris Williams on how hit feels when the Word Warriors find a word that should be revived.
DETROIT, MI (AP) A team at Wayne State University in Detroit has released an annual list of little-used words it deems worthy of resurrection.
Anagapesis, blatteroon, snollygoster and footle are among the 10 words selected by Wayne State University s Word Warriors. Unlike overused words or phrases that counterparts at Lake Superior State University list each year for banishment, the Word Warriors want to dust off those that have fallen over the decades into disuse.
The school says submissions come throughout the year from Detroit residents and other wordsmiths.
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Anagapesis, blatteroon on Wayne State s list of words to revive
Corey Williams
A team at Wayne State University in Detroit has released an annual list Wednesday of little-used words it deems worthy of resurrection.
Anagapesis (loss of feelings for someone who was formerly loved), blatteroon (a senseless babbler or boaster), snollygoster (a shrewd, unprincipled person, especially a politician) and footle (to engage in fruitless activity; to mess about) are among the 10 words selected by Wayne State University s Word Warriors.
Unlike overused words or phrases that counterparts at Lake Superior State University in Michigan s Upper Peninsula list each year for banishment, the Word Warriors want to dust off those that have fallen into disuse.