Today’s word is
Gimcrack
means
showy but useless.
or
a showy, useless trifle; gewgaw.
Gimcrack comes from the Middle English term gibe crake and is of uncertain origin. It may be related to the Old French giber meaning “to shake.”
Word for today is Embalm means to treat a dead body so as to preserve it with chemicals, drugs or balsams. to preserve from oblivion; keep in memory prevent the development of to impart balmy fragrance to The word originated from Old French embalmer ; emba (u)smer, equivalent to em- em-1+ -ba (u) smer, verbal derivative of…
Word for today Thug means a cheat or rogue. It is derived from the Hindi word- thag. Words do not exist in a vacuum. They are shaped in a context surrounding their evolving use. What was once innocuous might now carry offensive connotations. So, is the case with today’s word “Thug”.
Spange means to collect spare change, either from couches, passerby’s on the street or any numerous other ways and means. Jimmy does not have enough for the show, he will have to spange.
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Buffoon means a person who amuses others by tricks, jokes, odd gestures and postures, etc. or a person given to coarse or undignified joking. The word originated from French bouffon, from Italian buffone, from Medieval Latin būfō, from Latin: toad
Gradualism means Belief that things proceed by degrees
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