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15 November 2010

For just pennies a day

The Oxford English Dictionary has launched a campaign of word adoption in an effort to keep these mature, forgotten language components from falling out of common use.  The clever website offers up a word finder with hilariously unusual sentences explaining how each needy word can be used.  You can choose which one you would like to call your own and receive an emailed certificate to commemorate your pledge of support.

I’m waiting on my emailed certificate right now so I can start making use of my new “child,” however, I have to stress how (sillily) dire this situation is:  impudent is on the list, and that’s a one I even use!