"That's a great deal to make one word mean," Alice said in a thoughtful tone. "When I make a word do a lot of work like that," said Humpty Dumpty, "I always pay it extra."

Sunday, 1 September 2013

Conjugalism

 Conjugalism as a word no longer exists - it is obsolete.  But hopefully the act it portrays still lives.  Conjugalism is the art of making a good marriage. Magazines have been attempting to teach us the art of conjugalism since at least 1823 according to Ammon Shea in 'Reading the Oxford English Dictionary'. Indeed, I bet there were writings on the subject in ancient Greece.  How sad that the word has fallen out of use.
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  1. messymimi1 September 2013 at 21:56

    It needs to be revived, as the statistics show. It's becoming a lost art, which is sad.

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  2. Librarian2 September 2013 at 18:40

    It truly is an art, to make a good marriage!
    Conjugalism sounds strange, not nice at all, but I guess I have a bit of an aversion to most -isms.

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  3. Cat14 November 2013 at 03:18

    Time for a revival!

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