Date:  Sun, 19 Mar 1995 10:28:47 -0800

From:  Anton Sherwood <dasher[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]NETCOM.COM>

Subject: bamboozle



Leonard Schiefer asks:

> Can someone tell me where the word "bamboozled" comes from?



Well, Am.Her.Dict. saith: "Probably a cant variant of _bumbazzle_,

from _bombace_, padding, BOMBAST."



As Dad used to say, "Now do you know more than you did?"



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