Word Cascade. Awesome Words. 20 Cool Obsolete Words. Photo: Katherine Hodgson If we all start using them, these words can be resurrected.
DURING MY UNDERGRADUATE studies as a Linguistics major, one of the things that struck me most is the amazing fluidity of language. New words are created; older words go out of style. Words can change meaning over time, vowel sounds shift, consonants are lost or added and one word becomes another. Beautiful Words. Vocabulary Melange. 100 Cool Words.