Olfrygt and other common words

"It is improbable that there was ever such a thing as a common human language."; begins Chapter 12 (The Languages of Mankind) in The Outline of History by H.G. Wells. He continues, "The first languages were probably small collections of interjections and nouns. Probably the nouns were said in different intonations to convey different meanings. If Paleolithic man had a word for 'horse' or 'bear', he probably showed by tone or gesture whether he meant 'bear is coming,' 'bear is going,' 'bear is to be hunted,' 'dead bear,' 'bear has been here,' 'bear did this,' and so on... The growth of speech was at first a very slow process indeed..." 

H.G. Wells died {1946} before the invention of internet, indeed before the invention of the home computer, but he did live during a time of global communication. The world was not as incorporated as it is now and his book did not theorize as to the future of human language, but I am quite sure that he would/did speculate that the future of human language is one of commonality, even if not singularly so... Just consider how many words you know and use from other languages.

And here are some more that may or may-not join the common language...
Kummerspeck: A German term for the weight people gain from emotional overeating.
Neko-Neko: Indonesian word for someone with a novel idea that actually makes the situation worse.
Olfrygt: How the Danish describe the nagging fear of being unable to find a beer while out-of-town.
Dozvonit'sya: The Russian expression for ringing a doorbell or callling a phone number over and over until you get an answer.
Fucha: Polish for using company resources for personal reasons.
Xiaoxia: What the Chinese call new Internet users (Small Lobster).
Tingo: Rapanui for a person who borrows items from a friend, one by one, until everything's gone.

And some good English words:
Abdicate: give up, resign
Devotion: an intense love and steadfast, enduring loyalty to a person
Devulge: to make known, reveal
Exacerbate: aggravate a conflict
Incorporeal: without substaince or form
Miscreant: evil doer, criminal
Nuance: a subtle distintion
Ostentatious: fond of conspicous displays, pompus
Parsimony: extreme reluctance to spend money
Precipitous: acting with undo haste
Propinquity: proximity in time or space
Pulemic: very argumentative
Reprehensible: conduct deserving critisizm
Repugnant: repulsive, offensive
Skulk: move in a stealthy manner
Talisman: good luck charm against evil
Teetotaler: one who abstains completely from alcoholic beverages
Usurp: to illegally seize power, property, or position
Untenable: that which cannot be defended
Verisimilitude: having the appearance of being true or real

And then of course there is Urban Dictionary. What a marvelously entertaining and educational website.