'Tis the Season of giving and generosity, and the Oxford English Dictionary is asking friends and admirers to open their hearts and Adopt-A-Word. The Save the Words campaign has an excellent website where you can choose from lots and lots of hopeful adoptees. You're sure to find a word you love, though some may misqueme* you. According to the site, "Each year hundreds of words are dropped from the English language. Old words, Wise words, hard-working words. Words that once led meaningful lives but now lie unused, unloved and unwanted. You can change all that Help save the words!" You can select a word randomly or choose a specific word that you want to adopt. When you adopt your word (or words) you must pledge to "use this word, in conversation and correspondence, as frequently as possible to the very best of my ability."
*misqueme: v. to displease
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