A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg confabulate PRONUNCIATION: (kuhn-FAB-yuh-layt) MEANING: verb intr.: 1. To talk informally. 2. To replace fact with fantasy to fill in gaps in memory. ETYMOLOGY: From confabulari (to talk together), from con- (with) + fabulari (to talk), from fabula (tale). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bha- (to speak) that is also the source of fable, phone, fame, boon, and infant. Earliest documented use: 1604. USAGE: "Senior party leaders from across the state were expected to attend the meet and confabulate on issues pertaining to tribals in the state." Congress Takes a Diwali Break; The Indian Express (New Delhi); Oct 13, 2011. "The majority of the subjects failed to notice the switch, and confabulated reasons why they chose the picture they had been given." Neil Levy; Are You Racist? You May Be Without Even Knowing It; The Bundaberg News-Mail (Australia); May 31, 2013. Explore "confabulate" in the Visual Thesaurus. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed. -Benjamin Franklin, statesman, author, and inventor (1706-1790)
Posted on: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 12:03:35 +0000
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