Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 6 months ago

What's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?

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What's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?

Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 6 months ago

Overmorrow refers to the day after tomorrow and I feel like it comes in quite handy for example.

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21•6 months ago
Only if you agree to stop calling them Hashtags and use their more-correct name of Octothorpes
- @Asafum@feddit.nl
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  9•6 months ago
  “Press 1 to continue followed by the Octothorpes”
  
  Lol I love it
  - @MutilationWave@lemmy.world
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    2•6 months ago
    The singular is octothorpe.
- @ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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  2•6 months ago
  You mean pound?

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