10 Words Noah Webster Left Out of His Dictionary
Submitted by flfrleta on Tue, 03/29/2005 - 08:55
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- arksmarkem - an endeavor which at first seemed to be folly but which time has proven to be a wise choice
- atterotter - not the first thing you tried but also not the last... sort of in the middle
- bellmum - a bell worn by an elderly woman so that she could be found in a heavy fog
- bumsull - a device used by wanderers for digging root vegetables out of the ground
- crimshe - a girl of ruddy complexion
- hopspittle - the drool of rabbits, used in olden days to treat paralysis
- rathim - the masculine form of rather
- routescrimpter - someone with evil intentions who follows you... akin to a modern day stalker
- rumstum - the rumbling sound heard coming from the intestines, usually due to excessive beverage intake
- shummy - any precious metal used in the making of religious artifacts
great list!
i love hopspittle, if i ever find a way to use i surely will.
is rathim really a word?
No, it's not recognized as such. But... what's real is whatever a person imagines to be real... at least that's what a talking llama once told me.
well what i meant was... was it ever accepted... or is it a joke as the opposite of ratHER... or was ratHIM really ever an alternative anywhere at anytime?
A joke as the opposite...
maybe i missed the point of this list... are these all jokes? or are any of them actually dead words that used to actually mean something or used to be slang
All jokes
haha... well you had me.