I like archaic one-syllable words that were coined so long ago that there were plenty of single syllables still available for that purpose. Some of them like 'cud' still have a marginal but continuing life. Others, like 'fid' have retreated into some tiny crevice of use by a coterie of specialists.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, 29 December 2023 22:43 (four months ago) link
gams
― z_tbd, Saturday, 30 December 2023 00:14 (four months ago) link
gedda a load of em
― z_tbd, Saturday, 30 December 2023 00:15 (four months ago) link
I like archaic one-syllable words that were coined so long ago that there were plenty of single syllables still available for that purpose
this concept is delightful
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Saturday, 30 December 2023 06:18 (four months ago) link
And yet, even among all possible 2 letter words, there are plenty that aren't being used.
Out of the 26 possible words beginning with A, there's at least 10 good words just going to waste:
AAABACADAEAFAGAHAIAJAKALAMANAOAPAQARASATAUAVAWAXAYAZ
― Hideous Lump, Saturday, 30 December 2023 09:16 (four months ago) link