When I first saw the presidential infamous "cofefe"tweet I immediately thought of a Desi Arnez Sr. kind of tune like Babalu wherein everyone yells, "cofefe."
And I was trying too hard to be clever. So here are the words I was using in my musing cofefe riff:
oxytone- word bearing acute accent on last syllable
paranym- euphemism; word whose meaning altered to conceal evasion
cacology- bad choice of words or faulty pronunciation
querken- to stifle; to suffocate
Thanks to http://phrontistery.info I have been able to find an amazing collection of archaic words!
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