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DollyDot
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by DollyDot » Mon Jul 01, 2013 7:51 pm
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
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Neville Briggs
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by Neville Briggs » Mon Jul 01, 2013 8:56 pm
Good one Dot.
A very handy word when discussing certain football fans.
Neville
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Bob Pacey
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by Bob Pacey » Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:21 pm
We just got rid of a female one as prime Minister and replaced her with a male one ??????
Bob
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r.magnay
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by r.magnay » Tue Jul 02, 2013 6:52 am
very good Bob, I agree! (I just hope all of you Queenslanders remember that in a few weeks or months!)
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by manfredvijars » Tue Jul 02, 2013 4:07 pm
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?)
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Bob Pacey
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by Bob Pacey » Tue Jul 02, 2013 4:54 pm
Ha ka Nu Manny not gonna look that one up .
Bob
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After you grasp that everything else seems insignificant !!!
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Robyn
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by Robyn » Tue Jul 02, 2013 4:57 pm
Great word Dot. Can't wait to try it out...
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Mal McLean
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by Mal McLean » Wed Jul 03, 2013 11:21 am
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.
Preserve the Culture!
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Neville Briggs
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by Neville Briggs » Wed Jul 03, 2013 2:22 pm
Mal McLean wrote:Strangely, it is only used by my extended family.
Yeah that is strange Mal
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Neville
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by Stephen Whiteside » Wed Jul 03, 2013 6:17 pm
Is there a word for somebody who believes they have mumps in spite of clear evidence they are wrong?
