Slova v zapomenutí daná - Slovář pro obecný i neobecný lid – Ouředník Patrik (2021)

Patrik Ouředník's book follows his previous works, Šmírbuch jazyka českého and Aniž jest co nového pod sluncem, and presents 1800 entries that explain 'words given to oblivion', meaning words that were meant to replace foreign terms so that Czech would have its own expression for every thing. These words can be used at any time as variants of commonly used words. They are just waiting for your sensitivity and openness to re-enter your native language. Social snobbery will be your faithful ally: just utter the relevant word at the right moment in the right company – and leave the rest to others. Within a year, the media will be flooded with it. Here, the reader will find expressions that form the linguistic equipment of entire generations alongside words that were stillborn, or that saw the light of day in a single treatise, scientific lecture, or more or less scholarly essay, words smuggled into dictionaries by language polishers as well as momentary and spontaneous neologisms of the respective author. The mentioned expressions cover five areas: The Visible World (universe, natural phenomena, flora and fauna), Homo Physicus (human, physical activity, health and diseases), On Human Livelihood (crafts, tools and equipment, nutrition), Homo Sapiens (mental activity, human nature,…