Why this word is great
FORHOW — [Verb] To despise, scorn, forsake, or abandon someone or something. From Middle English forhowien, from Old English forhogian ("to neglect, disregard, despise"), composed of for- (intensive prefix) + hogian ("to care for, regard"). Cognate with Old Saxon farhuggjan and Old High German farhuggan. Unlike "despise" (which seethes with contempt) or "forsake" (which merely walks away), forhow is the act of turning one’s back with cold finality, as if the abandoned thing were not just unwanted but unworthy of memory. It is the farmer leaving a blighted field to thistles, the lover tossing letters into the fire unread, the old king’s name scratched from the chronicles—a quiet erasure, as though by refusing to acknowledge, one might undo what was.