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From Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue by John McWhorter
1. "Voila, scads of new words, like army, apparel, and logic." Origin: Unknown
2. "...moribund oddities like whom." Origin: Latin moribundus mori- dying, bundus- adjective.
In a dying state, on the verge of extinction. I think the first time I heard this word was in the movie Music and Lyrics uttered by Hugh Grant's character. So when I saw it again in this book I thought I would officially look it up! Glad I did. It's such a great word.
6 comments:
I hope I don't have the opportunity to use moribund any time soon! Thanks for participating!
You've never heard of the word "scads?" I have used it scads of times. What is that word "unkown" that YOU just used :)
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I LOVE the word moribund. I think it's up there with my favorite words, along with maniacal.
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Love the word scads. I need to use that one more often. Now moribund is not a word I was familiar with. Great words!
i like scads! fun to say.
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I love the words scads too. I used to use it more often. Thanks for reminding me.
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