7 Delightful Forgotten English Words
![Horologicon Horologicon](/g/image-resizer?width=670&link=https://static.oprah.com/images/201311/omag/201311-omag-horologicon-284x426.jpg)
If you're looking to boost your Scrabble game or make your friends feel like blunkerkins, you might want to check out The Horologicon, language- obsessed blogger Mark Forsyth's witty compendium of words long forgotten by most speakers of English.
A sampling of our favorites...
A sampling of our favorites...
![Snollygoster Snollygoster](/g/image-resizer?width=670&link=https://static.oprah.com/images/201311/omag/201311-omag-word-nerds-1-284x426.jpg)
Illustration: Jen Troyer
A shrewd, unprincipled person, especially a politician.
![Grinnow Grinnow](/g/image-resizer?width=670&link=https://static.oprah.com/images/201311/omag/201311-omag-word-nerds-2-284x426.jpg)
Illustration: Jen Troyer
A stain that doesn't come out in the wash.
![Ultracrepidarianism Ultracrepidarianism](/g/image-resizer?width=670&link=https://static.oprah.com/images/201311/omag/201311-omag-word-nerds-3-284x426.jpg)
Illustration: Jen Troyer
Giving opinions on subjects you know nothing about.
![Chasmophile Chasmophile](/g/image-resizer?width=670&link=https://static.oprah.com/images/201311/omag/201311-omag-word-nerds-4-284x426.jpg)
Illustration: Jen Troyer
Lover of nooks and crannies.
![Guttle Guttle](/g/image-resizer?width=670&link=https://static.oprah.com/images/201311/omag/201311-omag-word-nerds-5-284x426.jpg)
Illustration: Jen Troyer
To eat greedily.
![Uhtceare Uhtceare](/g/image-resizer?width=670&link=https://static.oprah.com/images/201311/omag/201311-omag-word-nerds-6-284x426.jpg)
Illustration: Jen Troyer
Lying awake before dawn and worrying.
From the November 2013 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine