A nap sounds very nice about now on a warm mid-week afternoon. After that, I propose Caesars rather than combat.
I did, thanks. Though, not being a Disney+ subscriber I did not understand what the discussions were about. But I wrote fulcrum! 
The forecast high here today is 34°C (93° Murrikan) which is incredible for this time of year at this latitude (normal max is 23°C or 73° Murrikan), so even this loyal Canadian is hoisting a Jimmy Buffett inspired margarita. Caesars will occur once this last heat wave of the summer blows over. 
That’s only fair since last year we got some of your winter.
I stuck vagarious into a post in honor of this thread.
Everybody who participates here should do likewise. Imagine the spreading waves of bafflement.
Perhaps one should distinguish truly rare words, from words that once were common but have fallen into disuse, from jargon.
Comes in handy when discussing Russian Oligarchs.
They do seem fond of that.
Of course with the right police agency conducting the investigation / inquest, almost any cause of death can become “defenestration”.
Perhaps we need a variation on that French academy. Instead of approving new French words to replace the abominable intrusions from English, this group would declare no longer used words dead, and free them up to find a useful second life.
For example, I just asked Google for some obsolete words, and among the offerings were:
- Lunting: walking while smoking a pipe.
Now, there’s a perfectly well-formed word. Of a reasonable length, no awkward letter combos, perfectly pronouncible on first sight to any English speaker, and perfectly spellable, too, if first encountered aubibly. Why should it be allowed to go to waste?
I say its new definition is “Scrolling aimlessly about the internet, especially sites containing donated offerings from random people, in the vague hope of being amused.”
Example: I had a long, hard day at work yesterday, so all I could tackle last night was a few hours lunting on YouTube before I fell into bed.
Anybody else have some word they want to rescue from dilapidation?
I like plinth
(Architectural base)
Not applied near enough. 
(Wimpy deck woes)
I was reminded recently of “catafalque”. The ceremonial plinth for a coffin.
Gonna need a catafalque around here soon if my deck don’t get leveled.
Sort of like words falling into public domain?
I’ve been trying to make aestivation happen. I figure with the 98 degree (f) days we’re having, this would be the best time for it, but no luck.
More like being kicked out of the public domain. Or possibly entering the Federal Witness Protection program.
Brings Jeff Beck to mind. RIP.
I’ve always enjoyed “obesogenic”. Just encountered it in another article. Fun to say, and fun to think about.
Rare in common use, but ordinary daily jargon for the folks in some parts of the health industry.
I think zoofpoople has been used twice…
How many people remember googlewhacking, a game played back in the paleolithic?
I offer for this thread the rarer version.
googlewhackblatt
googlewhack with lowered criteria of only one input word. must still comply with:
- must be defined by dictionary.com.
- must contain no quotation marks.
- must link to a real article not a list of words.
“the fun of yesteryear was googlewhacking. now im trying to find a googlewhackblatts.”