ENGLISH in AMERICA
AMERICAN WORDS THAT ENRICH
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
(I obviously need to extend this section.
Can you recommend any words here - Thanks)
AMERICAN COMPOUND and REVIVED WORDS
 | combined two established words: |
| brain-wave |
| bullfrog |
| catfish |
| eggplant |
| grasshopper |
| highbrow |
| mockingbird |
| rattlesnake |
| wisecrack, |
AMERICAN REVIVED WORDS
The OED confirms that the following words (and more) had fallen out of use in Britain at the turn of the 19th.century - thus, they were revived in the USA and given a new lease of life: | assignment (for job/task) |
| chore |
| deck of cards (instead of pack) |
| fall (Autumn in Elizabethan England) |
| frame-up |
| homespun |
| I guess |
| mad (for angry) |
| maybe |
| mayhem |
| platter (large dish) |
| ragamuffin |
| trash (rubbish) |