As a writer, I love to look up words that suddenly strike my fancy. The following are a few that I ran across and thought I'd share with you. Please don't forget to make a comment. Love to hear from you.
BALDERDASH – (1674) Webster’s Dictionary states the word as a noun, meaning nonsense. No one truly knows where the word originated. However, in 1766 it was referred to as a verb meaning a muddled mixture or adulterated liquors, better known as balderdash.
Statement: The wine merchants of Nice brew and balderdash, and even mixed it with pigeon's dung and quicklime. --Smollett.
That must have been a good balderdash mixture. Augh! I prefer today’s wines.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
FLIBBERTIGIBBET – The word originated in the 15th century from Middle English flepergebet, meaning featherbrain, scatterbrain, rattlehead, etc. Several dictionaries give the definition as: a silly flighty person, a gossip, a babbling meaningless statement or conversation, a foolish woman. Ouch, that smarts.
CHEAPSKATE - (1896) means a tight-fisted, stingy or miserly individual, not sharing or caring. The word is actually from two words:
Cheap coming from Middle English for good price, inexpensive.
Skate meaning a contemptible, deceitful person or a second-rate sportsman. This word is believed to have originated in Scotland referring to flamboyant dandies who dabbled with the women.
“Cheapskate” is a single from a British band, SUPERGRASS, in their album In It For the Money, released 1997.
BALDERDASH – (1674) Webster’s Dictionary states the word as a noun, meaning nonsense. No one truly knows where the word originated. However, in 1766 it was referred to as a verb meaning a muddled mixture or adulterated liquors, better known as balderdash.
Statement: The wine merchants of Nice brew and balderdash, and even mixed it with pigeon's dung and quicklime. --Smollett.
That must have been a good balderdash mixture. Augh! I prefer today’s wines.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
FLIBBERTIGIBBET – The word originated in the 15th century from Middle English flepergebet, meaning featherbrain, scatterbrain, rattlehead, etc. Several dictionaries give the definition as: a silly flighty person, a gossip, a babbling meaningless statement or conversation, a foolish woman. Ouch, that smarts.
CHEAPSKATE - (1896) means a tight-fisted, stingy or miserly individual, not sharing or caring. The word is actually from two words:
Cheap coming from Middle English for good price, inexpensive.
Skate meaning a contemptible, deceitful person or a second-rate sportsman. This word is believed to have originated in Scotland referring to flamboyant dandies who dabbled with the women.
“Cheapskate” is a single from a British band, SUPERGRASS, in their album In It For the Money, released 1997.
