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– Definition: n one who engages in a pursuit, study, science, or sport as a pastime rather than as a profession
– Used in a sentence: “He is a true amateur of cooking.”
– Why: What I would like to bring back is the usage “an amateur of _________,” which makes the word synonymous with “lover.” What I would like to get rid of is the connotation of “amateur” as “slipshod; half-baked; amateurish.” Continue reading “Words to Bring Back: “Amateur””
– Definition: n. An auctioneer’s shill
– Used in a sentence: “Some of these political rallies seem to reek of illicitators.”
– Why: It’s obscure, yes, but how many illicitators have YOU spotted recently?
– Definition: n. pl. (construed as sing.) The division of political science dealing with citizenship and civic affairs.
– Used in a sentence: “My old high school stopped teaching civics years ago.”
– Why: It’s needed. Boy, is it needed.
– Definition: “1 chiefly British : a large heavy truck 2 : a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path”
– Used in a sentence: “My sister’s new baby is a juggernaut of cuteness.”
– Why: Because Old Hindi words sound so innately cool.
PERFORCE.
– Definition: “1 (obsolete) by physical coercion 2 by force of circumstances.”
– Used in a sentence: “As the VCR is currently recording Deep Space Nine, we must perforce view Firefly on DVD.”
– Why: Because sometimes, “really really really” just won’t do.
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