Thursday, 18 December 2014

Happarise

Happarise: verb. To make something or someone happier or simply improve the mood of. This word was first introduced by Charles Babbage as part of the Movement for the Rationalisation of the English Language, when he realised that English lacked a word for this uncommon, but helpful action. Unfortunately because the world is such a dreary place, the word has been only used three times since it's creation. Twice in a history book about World War Two, first at the start of the war in relation to Hitler and then at the end of the war in relation to Churchill. The third account of the word is its use under undisclosed circumstances in Oxford, United Kingdom.

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