WoW Word of the Week: hugger-mugger
August 10, 2008This is considered a word? Really? Well, in that case… I need to incorporate it into my vocabulary, because that’s one fancy word. It also can be used as a noun, adjective, adverb or verb. That is flexibility!
hugger-mugger
\HUH-guhr-muh-guhr\, noun:
1. A disorderly jumble; muddle; confusion.
2. Secrecy; concealment.
adjective:
1. Confused; muddled; disorderly.
2. Secret.
adverb:
1. In a muddle or confusion.
2. Secretly.
transitive verb:
1. To keep secret.
intransitive verb:
1. To act in a secretive manner.
Example: The information about Wrath of the Lich King floating around on the internet is such a hugger-mugger, it would take me much too long to sort through it all. I’ll just wait until I have the game in my hands and figure it out then!
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Intriguing. Where’d you stumbled across a word like that? I’ll be incorporating that into my vocabulary this upcoming week; I already did the same with droll last week!
Yes, where the hell’d you find this word?
Also, it reminds me of Hogger. Bahahaha
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This is really a word?
English skill increased to 362.
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