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Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where a group shares new (to us) words that we’ve encountered in our reading. Feel free to join by posting your new words, then leaving a comment for Kathy with your link at Bermuda Onion.The object is to increase our vocabulary while having a bit of fun.
Here are some new words that I’ve discovered or rediscovered this week:
1. obfuscation - from Last Mango in Texas by Ray Blackston It was used like this:
Or perhaps I could employ more vagueness, some small obfuscation.(103)
obfuscation - The act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being darkened.
5 comments:
Great word, Sally! I'm sitting here trying to figure out how to pronounce it. Thanks for playing along today.
That is a great word. I think I find myself in that state more and more lately! My words are here
"Obfuscation" is a great word. It almost obfuscates its own meaning, doesn't it?
My words are here.
I'd say the first definition I found for the second word is probably a good illustration of "obfuscation," actually.
I like this new word of yours. It's a fun one to try and use in normal conversation. I agree that this is a fun meme. I have some words on my blog today also. They are here:
http://joyfullyretired.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/
I'd recognize this in my reading, and might even come up with it in a crossword puzzle ... but I can't imagine that I could work it into my spoken vocabulary :)
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