Does English have male words and female words? Sociolinguists say that women in the U.S. know more words for color than do men. Can you define these color words:
scarlet
vermilion
carmine
crimson
puce
viridian
ecru
chartreuse
Probably men are better able to define words relating to sports and military life:
piker
redoubt
tactical
tight end
fourflusher
Another factor in vocabulary is age. My elementary-school friends taught me
words not found (yet) in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary:
crunk
noob
dratchey
emo
