This author, in the NYT, thinks four more words are seeing their last days:

average
later
local
privacy

He has a point about a few of them (particularly later and local to me).

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I think op eds need to be replaced with something more entertaining. I am truly tired of these lexical obits.

Garrison Keillor keeps "average" alive since all the kids in Lake Woebegone are above it.

Later and local? Bah! I use them often. But privacy? Well, look what it says in my signature line!

Yes, z, I agree. Back to the WSJ for me!

Here is a chance to use six before they go out of existence.

Thanks for that link, Goofy. Language Log always puts things into perspective.

Proof, those 6 word messages remind me of Haikus. You really can't waste your words with those either.