
1. Chantepleure: To sing and weep at the same time.
2. Dibble: To drink like a duck (lifting up the head after each sip)
3. Eyeservice: Work done only when one's supervisor or boss is watching.
4. Groak: To watch people silently while they are eating, hoping to be invited to join them.
5. Neanimorphic: Looking younger than one's true age.
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My favorite obsolete word is 'abend.' It is an early computer abbreviation for 'abnormal end.' It is so useful: "Our phone conversation abended." "My washing machine made a loud noise and abended." Short and sweet. The word itself says "Don't bother asking me what happened because I don't know, it just stopped."
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