Etymology and Definitions and Spelling

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   Brenda Durhamposted 13 years ago

   Twenty One Days----
   
   "...we don't need no education! 
   Hey! Teachers!  Leave them kids alone!"   haahhaa
   
   
   I say
   
   balderdash! 
   
   A site for writers can use some focus on etymology and definitions and spelling, right?
   
   
   balderdash 
   noun..[orig. (17th century)
   a senseless mixture of liquids, as of milk and ale]
   senseless talk or writing;  nonsense

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   Brenda Durhamposted 13 years ago

   Okay where did you go James?
   
   Come play along with me!
   
   I've still got that Pink Floyd song in my head and it's already lonely in my head!

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   Brenda Durhamposted 13 years ago

   Here's one I had never heard of before.
   
   hugger-mugger
   
   noun
   [earlier also hokermoker, apparently rhyming composition based on Middle English mokeren to hoard, conceal >the basic sense "secrecy"
   1. confusion, muddle, jumble
   2. [Archaic] secrecy --adj.
   1. confused, muddled, jumbled 2. [Archaic] secret
   
   in a confused or jumbled manner
   to keep secret
   to behave in a secretive or confused way

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   Brenda Durhamposted 13 years ago

   pupilage or pupillage
   noun
   the state or period of being a pupil
   
   
   Anyone is welcome to add words or definitons, etc....
   I mentioned Twenty One Days because we were joking around on another thread and singing Pink Floyd lyrics.

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