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.
ANOTHER DAY OF SEWING
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*Sorry but it's going to be a fairly uneventful day here.*
*I shall be working on my RHR's pretty much all day. #3 is almost
finished, then I shall b...
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Never heard of that before. Blogger is always eating things.
ReplyDeleteI'm mad mad mad. If it hasn't turned up by tomorrow morning I'll cut and paste and send again
DeleteHornswoggle - 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
ReplyDeleteI 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
DeleteAa 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
DeleteI like the word hornswoggle, it sounds very whimsical :)
ReplyDeleteThank 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
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
DeleteYou have heard hornswoggle before at Friends!!!Remenber Chandler used to say that?
ReplyDeleteHullo Danaë Tzanou.....I don't believe it! Chandler and horns woggle! Ummm if you say so
DeleteAnd bamboozle at Big Bang Theory!!!!
ReplyDeleteHullo 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
ReplyDeleteI used to hear it on the old westerns.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm not sure lol it was a long tim ago.
Nooooooo, and I was so sure no one would have heard of this word.
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