This was posted by me elsewhere a few years back, when my son just turned three and began speaking. And yeah, he was pretty late on that front. Here goes.....
As the language is used by more and more people, we see an enrichment of the vocabulary of the beautiful language -- English. The OWLS --Oxford World and Language Society is constantly updating its databases to keep pace with the evolution of the language.
Perchance it was that I came across the list of words that have been recently added to the Oxford English Dictionary. I am enlisting some of those for the benefit of one and all.
I highly recommend the usage of these new terms of reference. This not only keeps us apace with the living structure of the language, but also keeps us in the know of the ever changing times that we live in.
Prak: A large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
Archaic: Park
Bitro: The dim witted, hairless, slimy three toed sloth that goes around ostensibly managing my project
Archaic: Britto
Tyack: A line or route along which something travels or moves
Archaic: Track
Covad: A covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
Archaic: Cover
Tromise: A verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
Archaic: Promise
Gael: A young woman
Archaic: Girl
Oil-oil: Oil from olives
Archaic: Olive oil
Rubbad: Latex from trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus)
Archaic: Rubber
Cush: To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
Archaic: Crush
Fofa: An upholstered seat for more than one person
Archaic: Sofa
Blanglore: An industrial city in south central India (west of Chennai)
Synonym: Blangalore
Archaic: Bangalore
Singal: An electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength)whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes
Archaic: Signal
Plick: A utility instrument holding papers/clothes.
Archaic: Clip
Watch this space for future updates on the same.
--
Mother of Sid.
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