19 Old-Timey Slang Terms to Bolster Your Vocabulary. I recently picked up a copy of the Dictionary of American Slang (1967), and I can't put it down.
Here are some of the words and phrases I'll be awkwardly shoehorning into conversation. 1. In the ketchup: Operating at a deficit *2. Randomly Awesome Words. Randomly Awesome Words. 100 Most beautiful words in the English language*
20 Obsolete English Words that Should Make a Comeback. 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.