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That list of word is incredibly misleading. Basically all those words come from "The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows", which in turn is: > a compendium of invent
by NasKe 8y ago
That list of word is incredibly misleading. Basically all those words come from "The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows", which in turn is:
> a compendium of invented words written by John Koenig
Meaning, those are all made up words by "John Koenig". The project is cool, but I think don't think is right to treat those as "real" English words.
- Cthulhu_ 8y agoWhy not? New words are invented all the time, and they can end up being part of the regular vocabulary. "noob" is an example coming from the gaming world. "Yeet" might become one, who knows? All I'm saying is, if there's a need for a word to express something, it will evolve and it will become part of the language. Here's a list of new words added to the Oxford dictionary, for example: https://public.oed.com/updates/new-words-list-january-2018/ https://public.oed.com/updates/new-words-list-january-2018/. "commodify" is one that I've seen used a lot already. "hangry" is a slang ish words that has been promoted to a dictionary word, too.
- jmcqk6 8y agoI've used words from that dictionary as part of regular conversation. If that doesn't make them real words, I don't know what does.