Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Jeremy's Fun Word

In an email today from my son, Jeremy:

Honeyfuggle

to swindle, cheat. This word is American slang and apparently from
honey plus fugle, meaning 'to cheat, trick.'

1 comment:

  1. Hey look, I Honeyfuggled my way onto your blog!

    I like words that bring along their phonetic relatives like boon companions. Being bemused, for example, which sounds much more amusing than simply being confused (which sounds conflicting). In the same way, 'honeyfuggle' sounds sweeter than 'trick' or 'swindle'.

    Little daughters, I am convinced, are expert honeyfugglers.

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