Speaking of Out-of-Fashion Words…

by Joey deVilla on February 18, 2005

…when’s the last time you saw the word “chortle” in a newspaper headline (see the previous entry)? Or heard it in a conversation?

{ 4 comments… read them below or add one }

Anonymous 02.18.05 at 12:53 pm: … I think those Beano comics use em from time to time.

But other than that…
Anonymous 02.18.05 at 3:20 pm: It’s an unusual word to see in the news, all right…
Anonymous 02.19.05 at 5:05 pm: I don’t know if I’ve ever seen it used outside of a book, and that certainly made me chortle.
Anonymous 02.20.05 at 8:45 pm: My father and I use it in conversation with one another all the time.

… But I don’t usually use it in conversations with others