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sexta-feira, 22 de março de 2013

Word of the day; FUDGE


Fudge:  doce de açúcar, leite, manteiga, chocolate, história inventada, bobagem, lorota, patacoada, falsificar, camuflar, disfarçar, improvisar, inventar, exagerar, fazer malfeito, olar (em exames), evitar.

Synonyms: equivocate, , weasel, balderdash, baloney (also boloney), blah (also blah-blah), blither, bosh, bunk, claptrap, folderol (also falderal), foolishness, nonsense, garbage, guff, hogwash, hokum

“Politicians have been known to fudge the issues.’
“The treasurer fudged the figures.”
“It was later discovered that the researchers had fudged their data.”
“Often milk based, these fudge -like confections come in a vast range of flavours, from the popular cashew to pistachio.”  (www.merriam-webster.com)

quinta-feira, 30 de agosto de 2012

Word of the day: Folderol


Folderol: bagatela, trivialidade, palavras sem sentido
Synonyms: applesauce, balderdash, baloney (also boloney), beans, bilge, blah (also blah-blah), blarney, blather, blatherskite, blither, bosh, bull [slang], bunk, bunkum (or buncombe), claptrap,
“I wish we could just discuss these questions without having to go through all the folderol of a formal meeting.”
“I wanted a dignified, simple wedding and not the folderol that the wedding planner was trying to foist on them.”