Words to delete from the dictionary?

Just sharing an article I found very interesting :)

Well yes, you got me. It's a Friday evening and I am in Bali- only a 20 minutes drive away from the most happening club in the island, just got this month's pay check and yet I am here browsing through the world of words in my room ;p how lame and sad ha!

Well maybe they should delete those words to ; both lame and sad. You don't exist. Blah

From : The hotword;

These words may be removed from some dictionaries — find out why, and if you agree

No matter how clever, revolutionary, or poignant, the passage of time can render anything obsolete – even words.

Recently, researchers for the  Collins Dictionary released a list of words, such as charabanc and aerodrome, that are used so rarely that they are considered obsolete, and will no longer be included in smaller print dictionaries.

The following are among the words that the Collins lexicographers have identified. How many of these have you heard before, and do any of them deserve a second chance?
Aerodrome 
Alienism 
Bever 
Brabble 
Charabanc 
Deliciate
Frigorific 
Supererogate 
Younker 

An online dictionary obviously doesn’t face the same  space dilemmas as its paper cousin, but an argument could be made that if a word is rarely used or searched for, it may not matter if it is in the dictionary or not. 

Say What?

from toothpastefordinner

Wayne State University’s Word Warriors have released their top ten words to revive in 2011. Starting in 2009, the Wayne State Word Warriors have highlighted obscure English words to bring back into common usage. Citing the vast vocabulary available in English – the biggest in the world, in fact — the Word Warriors contend that the depth and elasticity of the language is often discarded for the quick, easy and accessible word. “Too often we limit ourselves to words that are momentarily popular or broadly applicable, and so rob ourselves of English’s inherent beauty and agility.”

You come to Dictionary.com to find the meaning of a particular word. Okay, so sometimes you come to check the spelling, or the correct usage, or to find a suitable synonym. Here’s a project that focuses on the reverse:  what if you had a list of words that you intended to use regularly, infallibly, and until they became common usage among your circle of friends, family and acquaintances?

Often, students talk about wanting to expand their vocabulary with rich synonyms, but also worry about misusing a less-often used word. We say practice makes perfect. Check out the Word Warrior selection below and start incorporating some of these ten dollar words into your daily speech. 

Concupiscence
Draconian
Evanescent
Hornswoggle
Ossify
Paroxysm
Penurious
Schadenfreude
Sibilance
Skullduggery

Source:  here