Word of the Week!

Hello saloners,
This week's word is a little belated I realize but up until last night I was unsure if I had found a word worthy of joining this most prestigious of written records. But at last as I was reading Tess of the D'Urbervilles I found the answer I sought. In fact I found a couple of answers which might occur in the weeks to come. But this week I wanted to feature an oft overlooked word that I believe deserves not to be left in the past.

Bygones: Things that happened in the past.

Like I said it seems simple but this word has a certain panache and deserves a more common usage especially by a group that strives for just this sort of style in our every day lives.

Here is a quote from Thomas Hardy in which the word is used three times in one sentence (Bravo Hardy).

"Bygones would never be complete bygones till she was a bygone herself." Tess of the D'Urbervilles, pg. 349.