Jun
17
Absquatulate
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Meaning to depart, decamp, stealthily. When I first began work after leaving university, my new colleagues used to have a word of the day, picked from the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, with a prize for whoever could find a legitimate use for it. “Absquatulate” was my choice, and I was able to use it in a note to my boss about a manager
who had not returned from holiday – because he didn’t want to face the music after it was discovered his project was going to be a year late…
Steve
London
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about a hundred years ago (or 1961)there was a radio station in Los Angeles that had a 4 hour morning program. In addition to the sounds of music, there was a daily word. t Since then this is the first time that I have ever known of the word absquatulate actually being used. The only other word I remember is -ultramountain- possibly I spelled it wrong. Meaning is ‘beyond the montains’ ususally referring to the Alps. I think the name of the DJ was Ray Breem.
Good stuff here. I’ll be back.
I think Peg means, “ultramontane”