Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Hoodwink
I was listening to the lovely local radio this morning and they were discussing a fascinating sounding book by Adam Jacot de Boinod called The Wonder of Whiffling, which I cannot wait to read and learn about the crazy words that we might lose unless folks (like me presumably) start using them. I then looked at something I had written yesterday which contained the word 'hoodwinked' in it, much to my pleasure at my own use of outdated words! So I thought I would compile a list of words that I really like - here goes:
Hoodwinked
Footle
Discombobulation
Poppycock
Snib (despite the fact that my family and the Boy Wonder accused me of making it up!)
Spurtle
Purloined