'Dictionary Of Lost Words' Created For Art Project
A student in Britain has created a Dictionary of Lost Words. It's filled with words that failed to make it into the Oxford English Dictionary. For example: Freegan, a person who eats free food found in dumpsters. Or, nonversation: a pointless conversation.
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For an art project, a student in Britain has created a�Dictionary of Lost Words.�It's filled with words that failed to make it into the�Oxford English Dictionary.�There's freegan, a person who eats free food found in Dumpsters; nonversation, a pointless conversation; and wikism, supposedly factual information that is completely inaccurate. We hope you're not now suffering from xenolexica - grave confusion when faced with unusual words.
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