...and yet people wonder why our nation is so 'dumbed down'.
Never mind that 'dumbed' is also modern slang and not proper English.
Ask yourself this... what does 'bald faced' even mean ? What relevance does the term 'bald faced' have to the word 'liar' ?
My guess is that the term 'bald faced' came about through ignorance, but was in enough use that it got put into the lexicon as 'acceptable'.
Just like "ain't".
I apologize to all. I am the one that is dumbed down, apparently.
BernardMarx in post #28 gives a satisfactory and convincing argument, which I find hard to disagree with.
Not only have I learned something new today, but I learned something old.