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January 29, 2015
I like doggies!
January 29, 2015
Go Squee-hawks!
January 29, 2015
Me too!
January 29, 2015
Yeah!
January 29, 2015
This isn't fiction, but we all love words and reading, so I thought I'd post it here.
A historical thesaurus project is complete, resulting in a vast collection of words that have fallen by the wayside. Which is a shame, because many of them sounded like fun.
From the article:
Fun with a thesaurus: how's your 'poop-noddy' life? ;)
Story hereThis isn't fiction, but we all love words and reading, so I thought I'd post it here.
A historical thesaurus project is complete, resulting in a vast collection of words that have fallen by the wayside. Which is a shame, because many of them sounded like fun.
From the article:
If you wanted to insult someone 300 years ago, the best way was to call them a 'wattle-head', or a 'shallow-pate'. And having sex has previously been known as 'commixtion', 'mollocking' and even poop noddy.'
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