The word for today is: callifudge. This is an old English word for a trick, hoax or swindle. There are so many old words which are no longer in congress in the English language which words are quite sufficient and lend a word which sounds more like what it describes. Callifudge is one of these. I would assume that callifudge is akin to the phrase 'fudging' the figures. It sounds a little more old-fashioned, but has an alliterative quality which rolls off the tongue nicely.
What a callifudge!
It truly sounds better than trick or hoax. It probably conveys a level of meaning which is less than fraud, but more than a simple trick. Perhaps a harmless hoax. Perhaps a little more than a practical joke. A little less than a con.
Callifudge!
About Me
- TBAYNHAMIII
- I was born in Kentucky, though my parents had been living in Knoxville before my birth. My mother's mother lived across the street from the hospital in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, which was convenient. I moved around quite a bit when I was young, but ended up in Georgia. I like to read and write and love food and drink way too much. I have a funny wife and daughter who has finished her batchelor's degree and is living with her grandmother in North Atlanta and studying advertising. I sometimes wonder what life would have been like if I had not gone to law school. Regrets come and go with the seasons.
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