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What's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know? (leminal.space)

submitted 2 weeks ago by CorrodedCranium@leminal.space to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Overmorrow refers to the day after tomorrow and I feel like it comes in quite handy for example.

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[-] Moah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

Smaragdin which means "green"

[-] uberstar@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Serendipity, idk it sounds cool, "serendipitous" moments happen a lot irl (e.g. forgetting to bring ur wallet with u to the supermarket but minutes later, you end up finding a coin in a random pocket from your jacket to unlock a shopping cart), but it almost only sees its use in fiction, like.....

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