…when’s the last time you saw the word “chortle” in a newspaper headline (see the previous entry)? Or heard it in a conversation?
...and by that, I mean, being completely ignorant of the larger world outside the U.S.…
Wednesday, August 7, 1991: A sunny day at Toronto’s CNE Grandstand, and what a lineup:…
The cover painting says it all.
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... I think those Beano comics use em from time to time.
But other than that...
It's an unusual word to see in the news, all right...
I don't know if I've ever seen it used outside of a book, and that certainly made me chortle.
My father and I use it in conversation with one another all the time.
... But I don't usually use it in conversations with others :)