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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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[–] Phoonzang@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

And a "perambulator" is a kid stroller. It was an enlightening moment when I first came across that word in Neil Stephenson's "Seveneves", delved into its etymology and then realised why my British friend called the stroller a "pram". This is just a contracted form of perambulator.

It did not occur to me that there's actually also a verb for it, so thank you for pointing that out! I love it, and I will use it henceforth!