W ords are living, evolving creatures. Words can be noble or iniquitous, generous or cheap, flamboyant or timid. They describe, they express, they limit, they mislead. In the wild, words, like other living things, must compete. All are freely available to be used, yet nobody uses them all.
Some words survive only in the theasaurus, the verbal equivalent of a zoo.
Once ensconced in a vocabulary, each word must still compete daily for slots in speech production. We humans do have one absolute power, though. Each person gets to select exactly which words not to use. You too may choose to throw away worn-out, wearisome expressions, to expunge misleading terms, to apply philosophical discriminants and aesthetic judgements. Make your own private list.