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Thirteen Medieval Words Ripe for a Comeback
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Posted on 04/20/2024 8:03:25 AM PDT by Chicory

13. Sparple

This word is not only fun to say, it can also come in handy. It means to deflect attention from one thing by making a big deal of something else entirely.

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This is a list of 13 words from Medieval times that the authors thought should "make a comeback." Well, I knew around 10 of the words, but this word I thought we really do need!

Apart from it's silliness, the action it esxribes happens so frequently nowadays that I think we need it.

1 posted on 04/20/2024 8:03:25 AM PDT by Chicory
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To: Chicory

Oops! it’s = its, and esxribes = describes


2 posted on 04/20/2024 8:05:15 AM PDT by Chicory
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To: Chicory

My Irish grandmother used ‘flummoxed’ a lot.


3 posted on 04/20/2024 8:08:21 AM PDT by Melinda in TN
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According to Google, modern usage of flummoxed is trending hard. Its a good word!

4 posted on 04/20/2024 8:09:28 AM PDT by PGR88
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True! Fun article. Thanks!


5 posted on 04/20/2024 8:10:17 AM PDT by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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I recall Rush Limbaugh used “flummoxed” a lot.


6 posted on 04/20/2024 8:10:28 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Oh, i thought you were being cheeky and demonstrating a few medeval words of your own. :)


7 posted on 04/20/2024 8:13:31 AM PDT by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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Quixotic, Sinecure, Flummox, Blandish, Nefarious, Garrulous, Fastidious.....All pretty common today, at least in MY vocabulary. But “sparple”? I like it. An appropriate word for certain FR posters, so I’ll start using it regularly.


8 posted on 04/20/2024 8:16:07 AM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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I use flummox, sinecure, nefarious, fastidious, quixotic occasionally without trying to be medieval or obscure. While sinecure might technically be a late medieval word in English, it is barely translated Latin going back a LOT farther.


9 posted on 04/20/2024 8:17:46 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana
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To: Chicory

This is a fun article. Some of these words are perfect.

BTW EF Education sponsors a pretty solid Tour d’France bicycle racing team/


10 posted on 04/20/2024 8:19:14 AM PDT by oldplayer
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I don’t think you should have apologized for typing “esxribes”. Instead pass it off as another medieval word. And who knows? Maybe it will catch on.

esxribe: To provide an essential description of something.


11 posted on 04/20/2024 8:20:03 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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Sparple sounds like a carbonated drink brand


12 posted on 04/20/2024 8:20:18 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Chicory

I use about half of them already.


13 posted on 04/20/2024 8:22:43 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Melinda in TN
My Irish grandmother used ‘flummoxed’ a lot.

So did my dad, who was raised by his Irish parents.

14 posted on 04/20/2024 8:23:22 AM PDT by Allegra (Less propaganda would be appreciated. )
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To: chajin

Or a MLP dragon.


15 posted on 04/20/2024 8:24:47 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Chicory

Does a fopdoodle emit flapdoodle?


16 posted on 04/20/2024 8:29:29 AM PDT by FrozenAssets (You don't have to be crazy to live here, but it helps)
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To: Allegra

My grandfather’s family were Scottish, and my grandmother’s family were Irish. When we were little, they called us their little ‘Tulla Tulla’s”. I finally looked it up and Tulla is a medieval town in Ireland. I think it’s called Tulloch now, according to a search of the name.

My grandfather called city dwellers ‘lowlanders or flatlanders’ and mountain people ‘highlanders’. I am descended from the original hillbillies of the Appalachians since the 1700’s. LOL


17 posted on 04/20/2024 8:45:00 AM PDT by Melinda in TN
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esxribes

Could pass for ebonics.

18 posted on 04/20/2024 8:46:20 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

projection


19 posted on 04/20/2024 9:29:36 AM PDT by A strike (There is no tyranny that cannot be justified by 'climate change')
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To: Chicory

I’ve seen people use nefarious fairly regularly.


20 posted on 04/20/2024 9:31:04 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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