Yesterday was one of those days where my brain was too tired to engage in critical analysis of  –  really of anything. My thoughts were just word salad. Which led to vague memories of interesting facts about words.

Let’s start this week then with a few words that used to exist but that have disappeared from the English language; you might be able to figure them out from the context I put them in. (Source for this wonderful compilation is linked at the end of the blog.)

“My thoughts were jargogled enough that I feared not to be able to blog today….”    –        Verb trans. – “To confuse, jumble” 

“I corroded enough information from the web to amuse you at least….”  – Verb trans. – “To scrape together; to gather together from various sources”

“The outcome might make me a ludibrious target…”  –  Adj. – “Apt to be a subject of jest or mockery” 

“But at least it gives you a chance to kench...”  – Verb intr. – “To laugh loudly”

“And it gives me a chance to forget about the malagrugrous jollux addicted to sanguinolency who dominates the news….  –

(in order of appearance) Adj. – “Dismal”, Noun – Slang phrase used in the late 18th century to describe a “fat person”, Noun – “Addiction to bloodshed”

“Let’s not brabble about the details…”  – Verb – “To quarrel about trifles”

“But rather deliciate in the fact that language evolves, sometimes away of some pretty strange words….  –

“Verb intr. – “To take one’s pleasure, enjoy oneself, revel, luxuriate”

“And now I am going to freck along the promenade to clear my head and photograph what’s under the bridges…”  –

Verb intr. – “To move swiftly or nimbly”

Photographs today are of random words found on the streets.

https://matadornetwork.com/abroad/20-obsolete-english-words-that-should-make-a-comeback/