Friday, January 18, 2008

bringing back archaic words: more than meets the eye

gar·boil (gärboil)
n. Archaic
Confusion; uproar.

[Obsolete French garbouil, from Old French, from Old Italian garbuglio, perhaps from Latin bullre, to boil.]

The discovery of this word last week on thefreedictionary tickled my brain. It's practically onomatopoeia.

Upon further research I discovered that Garboil is also the name of a decepticon. Methinks someone should start a feminist punk band by this name.

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