A couple of weeks ago, someone mentioned a word that they had to look up after hearing it in one of their favorite shows. This word is hornswoggle. Hornswoggle is a word from the 1820s, and it means “to cheat someone.” The origin of this word is unknown, so I don’t have an etymology for you. However, I do have a bunch of different synonyms for the word (from Merriam-Webster).
| · bamboozle | · have |
| · beguile | · hoax |
| · bluff | · hoodwink |
| · buffalo | · deceive |
| · burn | · juggle |
| · catch | · misguide |
| · con | · misinform |
| · cozen | · mislead |
| · delude | · snooker |
| · dupe | · snow |
| · fake out | · spoof |
| · fool | · string along |
| · gaff | · sucker |
| · gammon | · take in |
| · gull | · trick |
Kara Church
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