For ever coming across a word over and over again just after finding out what it means
This could be because lots of writers saw the word in the same publication as you, looked it up, and thought “That’s a good word, I can use that ” and all started doing so simultaneously . Alternatively this replaces the reading Quot you had before , which was ‘ Always skimming over any words you don’t know the meaning of’ . These new-found words probably cropped up just as much before but you ignored them and it is only now that you’ve looked them up ( or however you discovered their meaning) that you are suddenly aware of them . And if they then start turning up over and over again they must be in common use so can’t be particularly rare or fancy words . The difficult words like QUONDAM , NESCIENCE, or EPONYMOUS are reserved for dictionaries, ‘Word a Day’ websites, wall-calendars, and newspaper snippets designed to increase your word power – words which you will never hear , read, or need to use again because nobody else knows they exist let alone what they mean. Every family has certain subjects which ‘ we just don’t talk about in this house ‘ and you can bet that USUFRUCT and FLOCCULATION are probably in there somewhere. It all depends on what you read, of course , and if it’s – say – historical romances you’ll eventually realize that a BRAUGHAM or a DILIGENCE or a LANDAU are all a kind of coach and the words will keep coming up , immersed as you are in a world where the southbound carriageway of the Fosse Way being closed due to a jack-knifed PHAETON is a frequent occurrence. But these words are not going to come up much in conversation and anybody who does work them into their everyday vocabulary are just dictionary-swallowing show-offs and are to be execrated. None of which is to say that there are some words which actually disappear , indeed never to be seen or heard again , from the very moment you’ve learnt what they mean and how to pronounce them – the word VUVUZELA for instance.
(Prinny Hopkins,Bath) - QQQQ*
