Have you ever struggled to find the perfect word to capture a situation or emotion? The Oxford English Dictionary might contain over 170k words, but despite frequently adding words from the modern lexicon, not all words make the cut. The creators of The Book of Everyone have discovered that there’s a secret (not so secret anymore) vault owned by the Oxford University Press that stores words that have been rejected to be included in the dictionary. Scroll down to see them all and don’t forget to add a new word suggestion in comments!
Excellent work to rejected a chaotic additional
Peppier, Sprummer, Parrotise, pregreen. Are good
Reminds me of Douglas Adams’ gorgeous dictionary “The Meaning of Liff”
exhaustipated: too tired to give a shit
Sorry but locavore is already common.
I can’t wait to use these on Grandiloquent Word of the Day – that’ll stump them!
Seriously, some of these words don’t have any synonyms that I know of and are useful!
Nonversation is the best rejected word..
Infinchment: architect pretending to be the inventor/designer by claiming copyright after stealing an idea/ invention/ design from a private person/ entrepreneur/ inventor (= misuse of copyright) which he professionally visualized. This often happens in the world of architecture, where architects pretend to be more creative than they actually are, like in the case of finchbuildings.
My English teacher committed suicide.
CONGRADOLANCES: Said when a situation should be both congratulated and sympathies expressed (e.g., when a person has received their first speeding ticket).
I use smushables all the time!
Whinese. >snork!<
So are they saving them to see if they might catch on. Some of them are already in common usage. I have heard locavor used quite a bit.
peppier is a sniglet.
Polkadodge is a shame we all do it, we will always do it.
Who gives way to whom, it’s one of life’s most awkward moments.