Sveslom & Starik
Starik
Have you ever stumbled upon an old manuscript that lists a word that vanished before it could be entered into any modern dictionary?
Sveslom
Yes, I once found an 18th‑century manuscript that used the word groke to describe a person who leans in while you’re eating, and it never made it into a modern dictionary. I slipped it into my catalog with a margin note that it had vanished before anyone could officially record it, and I still keep a copy of that page in my collection of forgotten lexemes.
Starik
That’s a delightful find—like uncovering a hidden stanza in a forgotten poem. I can almost picture the 18th‑century narrator whispering “groke” to a puzzled traveler, only for the word to slip through the cracks of time. Do you have any theories about why it never made it into the grand dictionaries? Maybe it’s waiting for a clever puzzle that forces it back into modern lexicon.