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minus-squareDepress_Mode@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·3 个月前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”?
minus-squarespujb@lemmy.cafeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·3 个月前YAYY WIKIPEDIA RABBIT HOLE TY
minus-squarethebeardedpotato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 个月前What’s crazy is that my brain didn’t even understand how to read “inclement” for a second until I saw “inclement weather.”
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 个月前and the phrase is “how do I exit VIM?” because nobody actually says vim and vigor anymore.
minus-squareseconded@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 个月前PBS 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”?
YAYY WIKIPEDIA RABBIT HOLE TY
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