Maybe I'm showing my age here, but I use "oleo" (as in oleomargarine) AND "olio" (as in an odd mixture or melange) in writing and conversation. And, I use those odd words that seem to have been excised from the vocabulary ... "eke," yes -- I used it in conversation today -- referring to something in our kitchen pantry that was nearly depleted. I also use "rue," and not merely in the trite turn of phrase "you'll rue the day" (hate that one). I don't think there are any archaic words I don't enjoy or use somehow ... In fact, I deplore the loss of traditional spellings of words (encyclopaedia, foetus).

My favorite crossword answer, though, is when cued by the clue "beginnings," arriving at the answer "geneses." LOVE that.

I'm so glad I found this tribe.

I have never, ever, ever encountered the word oleo before first finding it in a crossword puzzle, nor have I ever heard it or seen it used anywhere else since.

I concur on the lack of butter.

You know what? I didn't mean to put that answer here. It was intended for the "A Lauder" thread.

I've got my ubiquitous clues mixed up with my egregious clues! Oh, the shame!

winged: alar

sigh.