You said you loved me, or were you just being kind?

[venta]

On my desk at work, I have a calendar of Lost Language. Technically, for long and boring reasons, it's a 2011 calendar, which means I'm in danger of thinking today is Tuesday.

Every so often, the word of the day turns out to be a word I use all the time. Well, fair enough, I have a somewhat rapacious and eclectic approach to words. Gems from this week include "ruriculous", "gloppened" and "sevous" (none of which I knew).

Today's word (which is actually a phrase):

To be in a huff: to have a fit of petulance or offended dignity.

Is there any meaningful sense in which that particular bit of language is lost?

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[undyingking.livejournal.com]

If it is lost, I'll leave in a huff. If that's too soon, I can leave in a minute and a huff.

(© Groucho)

Is it an American calendar?

Or am I losing my mind?

[sushidog.livejournal.com]

I wondered whether it's American, and the word (phrase, whatever) has died out there but not here.
I discovered this week that Americans don't use the word "fortnight", which surprised me. But then, we don't use "Sennight" any more, so fair enough, I guess.

[venta.livejournal.com]

One kudo for your mislaid mind.

I was surprised to find that Americans don't really know the word "rubbish". I mean, I know they say trash, but I expected people to at least know that rubbish was a synonym, but some didn't. (From the small subset of New Englanders with whom I checked.)

[venta.livejournal.com]

Um, it might be American. I no longer have the cover for it (it's a tear-off-each-day style job), so I can't determine the publisher.

I had wondered if it might be a US thing, but I don't think I've noticed American spelling on it. The pages I have lying about on my desk don't contain any words which (as far as I know) I'd expect to be spelled differently.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

They might have done a UK-spelling (and UK-bank-holidays etc) edition without bothering to also revise for UK-appropriate vanished-word content, I suppose.