Favorite Word of the Moment: Absquatulate
Jul. 29th, 2010 10:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rabid1stTo decamp, to abscond, to depart in a hurry.
[ Mock-Latinate formation, purporting to mean "to go off and squat elsewhere" .]
In the 19th century, the vibrant energy of American English appeared in the use of Latin affixes to create jocular pseudo-Latin "learned" words.
"We did not steal your horse. He simply absquatulated."
"The Doctor makes a habit of absquatulating when threatened by alien forces."
I love that word.
Rae
[ Mock-Latinate formation, purporting to mean "to go off and squat elsewhere" .]
In the 19th century, the vibrant energy of American English appeared in the use of Latin affixes to create jocular pseudo-Latin "learned" words.
"We did not steal your horse. He simply absquatulated."
"The Doctor makes a habit of absquatulating when threatened by alien forces."
I love that word.
Rae