I was today years old when I learned it was OBFUSCATE (aub-fuss-kate) and OBFUSTICATE (aub-foos-ti-kate).
But actually!!!
Fun stuff, both are legitimate words. It's just the one that I've always used is not the common term, it's the archaic.
@AskTheDevil Mmm. Interesting. The dictionary I checked had them listed as the same word, with obfuscate being the more common variant.
@LianaBrooks Oh, I didn't say that's what's real, just that I _thought_ they were different.
@AskTheDevil I hadn't even heard Obfuscate until yesterday.
@LianaBrooks Really! It's one of my favorite words!
@AskTheDevil I've only ever heard obfusticate and even that one I don't hear regularly.
@LianaBrooks There are so many exotic and far-flung places in language, we are simply encountering in different order! : )
@LianaBrooks Sometimes, if I decide I like a word, I'll try to use it all the time, to see if I can spread it.
I do the same thing with dandelion puffs. Some of my neighbors have expressed anger for that habit.
Tee hee.
@LianaBrooks Sometimes, if I decide I like a word, I'll try to use it all the time, to see if I can spread it.
I do the same thing with dandelion puffs. Some of my neighbors have expressed anger for that habit.
Tee hee.
@AskTheDevil I love using archaic language that my kids pick up and then use to the bewilderment of teachers.
"Your child keeps calling the day after tomorrow 'overmorrow' and we don't know why."
"Overmorrow literally mean The Day After Tomorrow."
o.o
@AskTheDevil It's even more fun when they mix languages.
Kaja in Korean means "Let's Go". It's already a verb. But Youngest will steal it and add the English verb ending so she says, "I'm kajaing."
@LianaBrooks I liked to confuses managers by using "sennight" (a week).
@AskTheDevil That's an excellent word.
@LianaBrooks I thought obfusticate was slightly different, and was when you deliberately made text or speech burdensome to the reader or listner in order to distract or hide meaning. To obfuscate by making something boring or difficult to absorb.