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Obscure words pubisure7/23/2023 ![]() Because they are beauties in and of themselves.ĪMMON: Exactly. Words which have almost no likelihood of being applicable, we hope, in your everyday life. And as we did that I also was thinking it would be nice to have a selection of obscure words which are kind of aggressively useless. Today we’re joined by editor Ammon Shea with some highly obscure and ultimately rather useless words.ĪMMON: The other day we were talking about obscure words and how many people have this fascination with obscure words in English, and we did an episode where we tried to bring to light some of the lesser-known obscure words which might be useful in everyday life. Other times, a word gets tossed because it’s a victim of its own specificity or because it doesn’t actually do anything. Sometimes a perfectly good word will, through no fault of its own, fall out of use. On each episode, Merriam-Webster editors explore some aspect of the English language, from the dictionary’s vantage point. I’m Emily Brewster and Word Matters is produced by Merriam-Webster in collaboration with New England Public Media. (intro music – “Build Something Beautiful” by Tobias Voigt)ĪMMON SHEA, HOST: It would be nice to have a selection of obscure words which are kind of aggressively useless.ĮMILY BREWSTER, HOST: Coming up on this special edition of Word Matters: obscure words of the useless variety. Here's Ammon Shea with a special batch of words that were just too specific or too unnecessary to live. Other times, the blame lands squarely on the word's shoulders. Sometimes, a word falls out of use through no fault of its own.
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