Monday, 24 October 2016

Word of the day

An interim post until the other one I posted an hour or so ago turns up from wherever the hell it went into cyber space.  And a good day to you.

Hornswoggle -
 get the better of someone by cheating or deception.  Bamboozle. 

  Hands up anyone who has ever heard of this word?

When I read this I thought what a load of codswallop but turns out it really is a word in the english language. 

  Google says so and so does Websters Dictionary.
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13 comments:

  1. Sol24 October 2016 at 10:13

    Never heard of that before. Blogger is always eating things.

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    1. local alien24 October 2016 at 10:16

      I'm mad mad mad. If it hasn't turned up by tomorrow morning I'll cut and paste and send again

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  2. coffeeontheporchwithme24 October 2016 at 15:00

    Hornswoggle - this is tweaking a memory from a line in a movie - can't quite place it. But yes, bamboozle, scam, rip off ... Hope you find what you are looking for in cyber space. -Jenn

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    1. local alien24 October 2016 at 23:22

      I am amazed that you have a memory lol such an unusual word. I have a site which sends me one of these 'oddities' every day. Never heard of 99.9% of them

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    2. local alien25 October 2016 at 02:37

      Aa don't know if my reply sounded quite polite! Meant that I was amazed that anyone could have heard this peculiar word used. As it happens there is someone else as well. I guess it is a word which if heard is never forgotten

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  3. A Brit in Tennessee24 October 2016 at 15:55

    I like the word hornswoggle, it sounds very whimsical :)
    Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment, we seem to be both expats, but still holding steadfast to our roots !
    What a lovely country you live in, my cousin has a place there, and has just retired to that lovely part of the world.
    ~Jo

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    1. local alien24 October 2016 at 23:25

      Hi Jo in Tennessee. Linda in Poros. Odd how your roots are so strong. Doesn't matter how long you live elsewhere,its those first few years that stay with you

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  4. Unknown25 October 2016 at 00:01

    You have heard hornswoggle before at Friends!!!Remenber Chandler used to say that?

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    1. local alien25 October 2016 at 01:44

      Hullo Danaë Tzanou.....I don't believe it! Chandler and horns woggle! Ummm if you say so

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  5. Unknown25 October 2016 at 01:12

    And bamboozle at Big Bang Theory!!!!

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  6. local alien25 October 2016 at 01:46

    Hullo again Danaë Tzanou. Yes I think I do remember bamboozle in big bang theory. Great show and just the kind of word whats-his-name would love to use

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  7. angela26 October 2016 at 04:36

    I used to hear it on the old westerns.
    But I'm not sure lol it was a long tim ago.

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    1. local alien26 October 2016 at 08:09

      Nooooooo, and I was so sure no one would have heard of this word.

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