"Each year hundreds of words are dropped from the English language.
Old words, wise words, hard-working words. Words that once led meaningful lives but now live unused, unloved and unwanted.
Today, 90% of everything we write is communicated by only 7,000 words. You can change all that. Help save the words!"
-- http://savethewords.org
I came across this intriguing website and it's definitely worth a visit. Developed by Oxford Dictionary, savethewords.org aims to raise people's awareness of words that are in danger of being removed from the dictionary.
The background of savethewords.org is a jigsaw puzzle itself, consisting of obscure words. Click on any of the words in the background,and its definition pop up in a separate window. You can register with the website to receive a new word each day through your email, learn how to use a word in different situations as well as to find a random word and adopt it!
Explore around the website and you may find a few gems that you can use in future.
--MT
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