| Rating: | ★★★★★ |
| Category: | Other |
: means to forget
Example sentence:
"'It was the British who did it,' I said quickly. 'I disremember the place and time....'" (E.L. Doctorow, Loon Lake)
Did you know?
English has been depending upon the word "forget" since before the 12th century, but in 1805 a new rival appeared in print -- "disremember."
A critic in 1869 called "disremember" both "obsolete" and "a low vulgarism," and later grammarians have agreed; it has been labeled "provincial and archaic."
In 1970 Harry Shaw opined that "disremember" was "an illiteracy," adding, "never use this word in standard English." (By 1975, Shaw amended his opinion to "this word is dialectal rather than illiterate.")
"Forget" is indeed a vastly more popular word, but "disremember" still turns up occasionally, often in dialectal or humorous contexts.
Its a great word!
ReplyDelete
ReplyDelete...and to think I almost disremembered that I could put it on my page here.
Dang. (Took long enough too)...
hehehe
Love to ya!
XOXO
Me
Lots of little things you can do here at Multiply... I keep learning all the time. Maybe you should start a new book of all the words you've been making up lately..
ReplyDeleteLets see I can think of 2 to start
bart = brat (which you are by the way)
haooy = happy
I betcha we could find more too..hehe
"forget?" Nah...I lik dismumbr betur...
ReplyDeletei membr dis, dis, dis, dis, dis...
lol
Me
Dis what???? Must be an American south word .... too long for us simple Brits!!!! But then it's a bit weird that an American invents a longer word, as I've noticed most changes (to the English version of spelling) involve missing letters out, or getting them backwards way on! Aluminium? Centre? favourite? Hmmmm? So how come - forget = disremember (maybe he forgot the real word!!!).
ReplyDeleteLove it! xxxx
ReplyDeletehehehe Mrs G.!
Oh, I think it is such an intriguing word!!!
Love you
XOXO
me