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minus-square@Depress_Modelink15•2 days agoThat’s called a fossil word, a word that only ever gets used in a specific phrase. When was the last time you heard the word “inclement” outside of the phrase “inclement weather”?
minus-square@thebeardedpotatolink5•2 days agoWhat’s crazy is that my brain didn’t even understand how to read “inclement” for a second until I saw “inclement weather.”
minus-squareFuglyDucklinkEnglish4•2 days agoand the phrase is “how do I exit VIM?” because nobody actually says vim and vigor anymore.
minus-square@secondedlink3•2 days agoPBS just did a YouTube short on fossil words: https://youtube.com/shorts/nkvMOwhs2YQ
That’s called a fossil word, a word that only ever gets used in a specific phrase. When was the last time you heard the word “inclement” outside of the phrase “inclement weather”?
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What’s crazy is that my brain didn’t even understand how to read “inclement” for a second until I saw “inclement weather.”
and the phrase is “how do I exit VIM?” because nobody actually says vim and vigor anymore.
PBS just did a YouTube short on fossil words: https://youtube.com/shorts/nkvMOwhs2YQ