Let's save this rare and endagered word from extinction!

[capri0mni]

"Rorty" An old Saxon word, seen in the wild in a holliday greeting discussion here: BS: Rorty Solstice.

The idea of starting a Word-Watcher's life list for rare words started in the discussion on the tail of this lj entry.

"Yule" is an old Saxon Holiday, so I figure an Old Saxon word should go with it! Don't you? ;-)

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[blinovitch.livejournal.com]

Los mudgatos don' load, jefe. Mebbe you could jus' tell us?

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Oh, bah humbug! Mudcat goes up and down like a yo-yo, sometime (sorry, I was too tired, when I posted this to copy and paste all the right words in the right order).

Anyway, "Rorty" is usually just translated as "Merry." But the general consensus is that it's more earthy, wild and rambunctious than that, with hints of green mossiness and spicy scents.

Sort of like "Get down -- get funky!" meant in the 1970s ("funky" originally meant "like a fungus").