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I only finished the As before coming back to comment: it’s an interesting list, but some words are certainly more deserving of seeing greater uptake than others
by ComputerGuru 3y ago
I only finished the As before coming back to comment: it’s an interesting list, but some words are certainly more deserving of seeing greater uptake than others. I question the presence of quite a number of entries, some for being quite pedestrian and quotidian, others for being milquetoast, and a handful for being way too archaic or downright alien - if they’re not in any standard dictionary (online or offline) are you just being a word snob if you use them?
One that surprised me is “agog” - I know it well, but I have literally only seen it as “agog with …” with the blank often being “excitement,” but now I learned that that’s a superfluous use of words, as agog already means just that.
But all that said, it’s a fun list. Thanks for sharing it!
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- albrewer 3y ago> but I have literally only seen it as “agog with …” I've never seen it used that way; I've only seen it used like "They were all agog at x..."