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"Flother" is an obsolete synonym for snowflake.
It is a type of word called a Hapax legomenon, a word that was only used once in the entire historical record of written English. The one known use of flother was found in a manuscript entitled "The XI Pains of Hell" circa 1275.
This is so sad. Even my computer's spellcheck doesn't know about flother and puts red squiggly lines under it. Can we bring back the flother?

>> No.18710226

>>18710215
Just buy an Oxford English Dictionary. The biggest dictionary of all.

>> No.18710265

>>18710226
Flother isn't in the dictionary. But it should be, it's adorable.

>> No.18710512

>>18710215
My brother I will use flother as much as I can in daily life considering I live in Cuckafornia where it never snows

>> No.18710534

>>18710265
>>>18710226
Three dictionaries right here 1850s, 1850s, 2011s
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flother

>> No.18710568

>>18710512
Don't you mean it never flothers?

>> No.18710587

>>18710568
snowflake isn't a verb

>> No.18710606
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18710606

>>18710215
>a word that was only used once in the entire historical record of written English
youre telling me that we cap8nyan use madeup words