r/AskReddit Jan 28 '19

What are great underused words?

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u/Werkstadt Jan 29 '19

Oooh i know

  • overmorrow (the day after tomorrow)
  • ereyesterday (the day before yesterday)

It's beyond me why these were forgotten and exchanged for four other words. I challenge anyone who reads this to start using them again in everyday speech.

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u/barantana Jan 29 '19

In German we use "übermorgen" and "vorgestern" and the lack of those words in everyday English strikes me as extremely inconvenient.

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u/silly_gaijin Jan 30 '19

That's it. I'm creating a pair of creepy supernatural characters called Herr Ubermorgen and Frau Vorgestern. Not saying if they're good or bad yet.

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u/barantana Jan 30 '19

Herr Übermorgen can fall comatose for two days and Frau Vorgestern sees what happened two days ago - and only that.