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What's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know? (leminal.space)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Overmorrow refers to the day after tomorrow and I feel like it comes in quite handy for example.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I have a double whammy: Nonplussed.

Bewildered; unsure how to respond or act. Double whammy because it does not mean not-plussed like many people seem to think.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Nonplussed...that takes me back.

I was educated in a private school for British ex-pats run by a very old and very posh couple. This was the early eighties and they were already in their seventies, so definitely from a different era. Because of this and because of the size of our school (my entire year consisted of nine kids) we ended up quite odd. Up until highschool we had a mild but "poshy" London accent and words like vexing, nonplussed, providential, etc., peppered our vocabulary. Then my family moved to Louisiana followed by Texas and that shit went right out.

Also, the word is aluminium. It is NOT aluminum!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I very recently learned that Amour is not universal and I just grew up playing a singular RPG that was developed by a group of British brothers so that forever shaped my expectations for how Armour should be spelled

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I was right there with you until you defended that silly word.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's interesting, it is becoming a modern day contronym

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/nonplussed

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Interesting link! I didn't know the misuse went back so far.