Word of the Day

[Joggernot]

This word comes from http:/Wordsmith.org.  For some reason the hyperlink button doesn't work today.  Perhaps you have other words for mustachian and anti-mustachian.  If so, add them here.

fribble
PRONUNCIATION:
(FRIB-uhl) 

MEANING:
verb intr.: To act in a wasteful or frivolous manner.
verb tr.: To fritter away.
noun: A wasteful or frivolous person or thing.

ETYMOLOGY:
Of uncertain origin. Perhaps an alteration of frivol (to behave frivolously), from Latin frivolus (worthless). Earliest documented use: 1610.

USAGE:
“The Apple Watch will sell like ghost cakes during Halloween, but a year or so from now, I think sales will fizzle and fribble just like Google’s silly glasses.”
Malcolm Berko; Watching Apple’s Stock; Creators Syndicate (Los Angeles); May 27, 2015.

“I skipped the diamonds, the couture ‘Minou’ sunglasses by Nour and various other fribbles including uninteresting check shirts by Riflessi.”
Richard Edmonds; DVD Reviews; Birmingham Post (UK); Jul 12, 2004.

[cdttmm]

What a great word -- thank you for sharing!

[simonsez]

I just learned the etymology on maudlin comes from Mary Magdalene. "From Middle English Maudelen, a dialectal form of Mary Magdalene (typically depicted weeping), from Old French Madelaine, from Late Latin Magdalena."
I wonder when the connection with alcohol was established.  The wiktionary lists the 17th Century for the adjectival definition but I'd want the CGP-Grey-esque deep dive.

Laconic is another word with an interesting etymology.  "From Latin Lacōnicus (“Spartan”), from Ancient Greek Λακωνικός (Lakōnikós, “Laconian”). Laconia was the region inhabited and ruled by the Spartans, who were known for their brevity in speech."

DW and I started doing some words of the day just to try and learn a little more or at least normalize some rarer words or be more cognizant of their context/use.  Here are some other words from the past couple weeks:
akimbo
garrulous
portend
pellucid
pernicious
prosaic
harangue
throes
erudite
euphony
insidious
alacrity
specious
gossamer
shunpike
schmaltzy (thank you @Metalcat for the recent usage!)
trenchant
ameliorate
gore (the road kind)
artless
restive

Note: I know this is an old thread but seemed relevant to discuss words.  If this is an issue, I'll delete my comment and let this thread lie.