Favorite Word of the Moment: Absquatulate

[rabid1st]

To 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

Comments

[thisficklemob.livejournal.com]

! I love it! Even better than abscond.