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canisfamiliaris:Save The English Language!The editors of Oxford University Press and the Oxford English Dictionary are concerned about all of the wonderful words in English that are ‘disappearing’ from the language from lack of use. So, they’ve come up with a great solution: Adopt a Word. It’s free to adopt a word, the words are old and weird and fun to use, you can buy a t-shirt with your word on it (only if you wish; it’s not a requirement), and you can choose your adopted word! All you agree to, in adopting your word, is to use it! You can spray paint it on a wall, use it in a meeting, win a game of Scrabble with it, or even walk around town wearing a sign-board/sandwich-board with your word on it! (Or, you could wear the aforementioned t-shirt, if you want!) I adopted the word foppotee, which is appropriate here, since only a simpleton wouldn’t want to adopt a word and help save the English language, right?

I’m crying. Absolutely crying. This is the most wonderful ever.

I adopted lignicide - woodcutter. It sounds lovely. 

“I’m a lignicide and I’m okay. I sleep all night and I work all day…”

I adopted sevidical-speaking unkind words or speech.

Something tells me that given the current situation with the GSA, I’ll be using this word quite a bit.

I shall adopt magistricide - the killing of a teacher or master.

This seems to be topic that has been discussed quite a lot among the eighth graders of my school recently, and now I know there’s a word for it.

I adopted boreism: n; behaviour of a boring person

I shall use this everywhere.

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