I am attempting something that is pretty impossible: the reformation of English. English constantly changes & adapts to new environments by borrowing and bringing old words (sexy) back. I will be updating every Monday and Saturday with my new words of the day. Every Monday will be a term that I believe should be brought back into English and every Saturday will be a word that I feel should be stolen/borrowed from a different language. I will try to also have theme weeks.
My theme for this week? Joy.
First word comes from old English: ablissian. It is a verb meaning to please or make glad. I feel we could safely shorten this to abliss to make it more palatable to modern English. Many other languages say that "item pleases me" instead of "I like item." I feel with this word, we could bring this word phrasing back into English. It also would make a great adjective: "I'm all abliss."
And so starts my blog. Hope you enjoy!
Hello - just stumbled on your blog while searching for Ablissian. This is the name of our sailboat. Nice to see interest in the word!
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