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Americanisms



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bumfuzzle



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bumfuzzle PRONUNCIATION: (bum-FUZ-uhl)

MEANING: verb tr.: To confuse.

ETYMOLOGY: From bum-, probably from bamboozle (to deceive) + fuzzle (to confuse). Earliest documented use: 1900.

USAGE: "Latt insists the company is not trying to bumfuzzle anybody into believing Asylum's releases are big-studio product."

James Hebert; Knockoff Movies Touted as 'Tie-ins'; Union-Tribune (San Diego, California); August 17, 2007.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: I don't trust a man who uses the word evil eighteen times in ten minutes. If you're half evil, nothing soothes you more than to think the person you are opposed to is totally evil. -Norman Mailer, author (1923-2007)





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