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Thursday, July 31, 2014

SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY: GARBLE

SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY:      GARBLE



PRONUNCIATION:
(GAHR-buhl)

MEANING:
verb tr.: To distort a message, document, transmission, etc.
noun: An instance of garbling.

ETYMOLOGY: Originally the word meant to sift, for example to remove refuse from spices. With time its meaning became distorted to what it is now. From Old Italian garbellare (to sift), from Arabic gharbala (to select). Earliest documented use: 1483

USAGE: . "Divers can 'talk' under water but as they are unable to move their lips freely due to their mouthpieces the words are garbled."
Deep; The Helsinki Times (Finland); Jul 19, 2014.
 

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