That's right! Just like some animal and plant species that are endangered, some words--and languages--are about to become extinct as well!
Ah! What a sad day, the day when fucivorous cannot be used in conversation or exclamation! Or when humans have lost the ability not only to translate, but to think about reality in different langauges.
You can all be joblers (people who do small jobs =) and "adopt" a word to keep it from going extinct! This may sound silly, but there is a standard for how much a word must be used and appear in print to be in a dictionary. That is why there are new words that come into existence every year. Little baby words.
But you can save the ones that need a Mom and Dad. Words that have no one to speak or write them. What? Why do this?
In a world of economics and fear about the future, which is mediated by too much information, understanding each other will be more and more important. Countries will probably close themselves off to others for a while, in terms of trade. Talking about commonalities and issues that pertain to humans everywhere will be more important.
And these silly words that are almost dead?
Maybe they represent ideas that need to be saved, too.
Good luck. Go adopt a word.
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