Forgotten Words to Use in 2021

Lake Superior State University releases a list every year of words "that are overworked, redundant, oxymoronic, clichéd, illogical, nonsensical -- and otherwise ineffective, baffling, or irritating."

At Wayne State University, the Word Warriors release a list that "promotes words especially worthy of retrieval from the linguistic cellar."

This year's list (and the words' definitions):

• Anagapesis -- Loss of feelings for someone who was formerly loved.
• Blatteroon -- A senseless babbler or boaster.
• Brontide -- A low, muffled sound like distant thunder heard in certain seismic regions, especially along seacoasts and over lakes and thought to be caused by feeble earth tremors.
• Dysania -- The state of finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning.
• Footle -- Engage in fruitless activity; mess about.
• Maleolent -- Foul-smelling, odorous.
• Paralian -- Someone who lives by the sea.
• Snollygoster -- A shrewd, unprincipled person, especially a politician.
• Sophronize -- To imbue with moral principles or self-control.
• Ultracrepidarian -- Expressing opinions on matters outside the scope of one’s knowledge or expertise.