Word Play #4
Very, very good. 2 points each (Hope and Tammy) for getting close. Obfuscate means to confuse, perplex or make obscure. Synonym muddle. Root words are "ob" (over) plus Latin "fuscare" - to darken. No one would know that, of course, but I looked up the root b/c you rightly wanted to break it down into its components.
You obfuscate a direct object, for instance, the meaning of something - He obfuscated his true policies with slogans.
It is a deliberate effort to obscure something, not an unintentional misunderstanding of something. Hence 2 points for Hope instead of 3 (sorry).
Word Play #4: doppelganger
Woohoo!
You obfuscate a direct object, for instance, the meaning of something - He obfuscated his true policies with slogans.
It is a deliberate effort to obscure something, not an unintentional misunderstanding of something. Hence 2 points for Hope instead of 3 (sorry).
Word Play #4: doppelganger
Woohoo!
posted by alison @ 1:13 PM
5 Comments:
At 2:07 PM,
Life with the Lockwoods said…
Okay, I know this one - sort of. I used to listen to a band in the early 90s named Curve. The name of their CD was Doppelganger. I am a dork and wanted to know what that meant and I recall looking it up. I think think it means like another form of yourself - like a second personality.
Dr. Jeckyll is the doppelganger of Mr. Hyde.
(*Trying to go from memory here, and I recall that the song on the album called doppelganger had lyrics that said something like, "am I wearing my right head...you hate me for being born...")
At 2:12 PM,
Hope said…
Watch me slay this one.
Definition: someone's double who is different but the same person.
Sentence: In an alternate world, Brian has a doppelganger walking around who looks just like him.
PS - I have not yet done this but can we ask coworkers w/out looking it up?
At 7:16 AM,
Anonymous said…
according to Ariel in The Little Mermaid, a doppelganger is a fork you use to brush your hair.
Hand me that doppelganger, my hair is full of knots.
At 12:04 PM,
Life with the Lockwoods said…
Georgia, that was a dinglehopper! Geesh woman, keep up with your Disney movies!!
At 4:55 PM,
alison said…
Okay, three points each for Tammy and Hope for 99% hit - it is typically a *ghostly* double; one point for Georgia for trying a sentence even with the wrong meaning! And anyway, doppelganger, ginglehopper - just about the same, aren't they?
Yes, as far as I am concerned, you can ask anybody. What does everyone else think?
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