May. 6th, 2016

wordmonger

May. 6th, 2016 08:13 am
prettygoodword: text: words are sexy (words are sexy)
wordmonger (WURD-mong-ger) - n. a writer or speaker who uses words pretentiously or carelessly, without regard for their meaning.


Not, as you might expect, a dealer in words -- the ending -monger also has the meaning of a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way, as well as as a seller. Coined the 1580s.

---L.

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