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Words
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 7:51 pm
by DollyDot
I thought this word and definition from Wordsmith site was worth sharing (Not sure if this is the place but anyway) and I Quote:
mumpsimus
PRONUNCIATION:
(MUMP-suh-muhs)
MEANING:
noun:
1. A view stubbornly held in spite of clear evidence that it's wrong.
2. A person who holds such a view.
ETYMOLOGY:
According to an old story, a priest used the nonsense word mumpsimus (instead of Latin sumpsimus) in the Mass. Even when told it was incorrect, he insisted that he had been saying it for 40 years and wouldn't change it. The expression is "quod in ore sumpsimus" ('which we have taken into the mouth'). Earliest documented use: 1530.
USAGE:
"She knows the boss's behavior is wrong but mumpsimus has set in."
Mary Lou Dobbs; Repotting Yourself; O Books; 2010.
I thought therefor thought a Mumpsimus is really just " A pain in the neck."
Don't you just love words I do!
Cheers
Dolly
Re: Words
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 8:56 pm
by Neville Briggs
Good one Dot.
A very handy word when discussing certain football fans.
Re: Words
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:21 pm
by Bob Pacey
We just got rid of a female one as prime Minister and replaced her with a male one ??????
Bob
Re: Words
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 6:52 am
by r.magnay
very good Bob, I agree! (I just hope all of you Queenslanders remember that in a few weeks or months!)
Re: Words
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 4:07 pm
by manfredvijars
Bob Pacey wrote:We just got rid of a female one as prime Minister and replaced her with a male one ??????
Bob
That's rather mumpsimus of you Bob ...
(did I just VERBLITERATE a noun?)
Re: Words
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 4:54 pm
by Bob Pacey
Ha ka Nu Manny not gonna look that one up .
Bob
Re: Words
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 4:57 pm
by Robyn
Great word Dot. Can't wait to try it out...
Re: Words
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 11:21 am
by Mal McLean
I know that I am right and you are being so presumptimus!
I’ll never change my mind about a word that is so mumpsimus!
I invented a word once.
ENSARDINATE. To roll or put things tightly together. Ensardinated. Ensardination.
'The motel bed's springs were shot and all night long we were ensardinated.
Strangely, it is only used by my extended family.
Re: Words
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 2:22 pm
by Neville Briggs
Mal McLean wrote:Strangely, it is only used by my extended family.
Yeah that is strange Mal
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Re: Words
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 6:17 pm
by Stephen Whiteside
Is there a word for somebody who believes they have mumps in spite of clear evidence they are wrong?