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A group of logophiles (word lovers) has released its annual list of words that it believes deserve to be used more often.
Here is the Word Warriors’ 2015 list of “eminently useful words”:
Caterwaul
– A shrill howling or wailing noise
Concinnity
– The skilful and harmonious arrangement or fitting together of the different parts of something
Flapdoodle
– Nonsense
Knavery
– A roguish act
Melange
– A mixture of different things
Obambulate
– To walk about
Opsimath
– A person who studies late in life
Philistine
– A person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts
Rapscallion
– A rascal
Subtopia
– Unsightly sprawling suburban development