obsolete words

How Dictionaries Decide Who Lives and Who Dies

Ever wonder how words like "rizz" become official while others fade away into obscurity? This post goes behind the scenes…

3 weeks ago

The Graveyard of Words: Who Decides When a Word Is Officially Dead?

For every new word that enters the dictionary, thousands of others fall into disuse and disappear into the graveyard of…

3 weeks ago

Archaic Portuguese Words: A Journey through Literature

In the kaleidoscopic world of language evolution, words ebb and flow, surge, and retreat like the waves of an ocean.…

2 years ago

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