monger

[prettygoodword]

monger - n., a dealer in a specific commodity; a person promoting something undesirable or disreputable.


Usually used in combination: fishmonger, scandalmonger. From Old English mangere, from Latin mango, dealer or trader, from a noun derivative of Greek manganon, charm, means of enchantment. The PIE root is *mang-, to embellish, dress, trim. Wicked.

---L.

Comments

[borntofr4g.livejournal.com]

I love this word. I still haven't figured out why.

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

I've been working it into every conversation I can today. Finally a coworker accused me of being a mongermonger.

---L.

[borntofr4g.livejournal.com]

I was wondering (right before I made my initial reply to this post) whether that was possible. Guess I know now!

"Mongermonger" sounds like the name of some obscure indigeneous(sp?) tribe in Africa, or maybe Australia...

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Or possibly what indigenous tribesmen mutter in the background of crowd scenes in black-and-white movies.

---L.