Buzzfeed has curated a list of old words that we should revive, because man, they seem to really fit modern life. Like "fudgel" -- "pretending to work while actually doing nothing at all." Or "ultracrepidarian": "Someone who gives opinions beyond their level of expertise". They're all taken from The Horologicon, a wonderful book by the writer and word-lover Mark Forsyth. My favorite is "uhtceare", which means "lying awake in bed before dawn and worrying about the day ahead". Forsyth's passage in The Horologicon about "uhtceare" is informative: Uht (pronounced oot) is the restless hour before the dawn, when Aurora herself is loitering somewhere below the eastern horizon, rosying up her fingers and getting ready for the day.
Lost Words Of English That We Should Probably Reclaim
Clive Thompson, Boing Boing
Mon, 01/22/2018 - 7:30am
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