Blog #53: Words!

I looked up interesting words online because I did not know what word to blog about, but I found a word. The word I am going to blog about is rhodologist. This word is a lost English word and I had never even heard it before nor do I know how to pronounce it. The word rhodologist means a person who studies and classifies roses. Obviously, it is a noun. I searched more on Google about what rhodologist means and when it was created. Well, I found out that it was created or discovered in the year 1911 and was only “alive” until 1924. The sentence they used online to describe it was “Any rhodologist knows that a rose by any other name does not smell as sweet.” I thought this sentence was kind of funny and stupid. Another word that I came across that I thought was funny was collywobbles. It is a noun and it means intestinal cramps or a feeling of nervousness. This word is commonly known as the butterflies, the ones that you get in your stomach when you are nervous or anxious. I never knew that there was an actual word for butterflies in your stomach. The word was created in 1815-1825 and was based off the words colic and wobble, which makes sense because colic means pain in the abdomen and wobble means to move unsteadily from side to side. I think that is it a fun and interesting word to say. There are so many words out there that are go unused and so many words that I do not know, and it is crazy to think about.