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Word for the Day - OBFUSCATE
www.dictionary.com ^ | 01/05/2018 | Red Badger

Posted on 01/05/2018 6:54:47 AM PST by Red Badger

ob·fus·cate ˈäbfəˌskāt/

verb verb: obfuscate; 3rd person present: obfuscates; past tense: obfuscated; past participle: obfuscated; gerund or present participle: obfuscating

render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible. "the spelling changes will deform some familiar words and obfuscate their etymological origins"

synonyms: obscure, confuse, make unclear, blur, muddle, complicate, overcomplicate, muddy, cloud, befog

"mere rationalizations to obfuscate rather than clarify the real issue" antonyms: clarify

bewilder (someone). "it is more likely to obfuscate people than enlighten them"

synonyms: bewilder, mystify, puzzle, perplex, confuse, baffle, confound, bemuse, befuddle, nonplus; informalflummox

"her work became more and more obfuscated by mathematics and jargon"

Origin late Middle English: from late Latin obfuscat- ‘darkened,’ from the verb obfuscare, based on Latin fuscus ‘dark.’


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Education; History; Word For The Day
KEYWORDS: obfuscate; wftd

1 posted on 01/05/2018 6:54:47 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: xsmommy; secret garden; VRWCmember; SoothingDave; Texan5; NicknamedBob; TruthShallSetYouFree; ...

Class is in session!............No pushing in line!..............


2 posted on 01/05/2018 6:55:26 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Robt pushes tentatively, wondering and mystified if the obscuregate is locked again.


3 posted on 01/05/2018 7:01:30 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Red Badger

The MSM obfuscates the truth on a daily basis.


4 posted on 01/05/2018 7:02:08 AM PST by PJBankard
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To: Red Badger
The Cankle communicates only thru obfuscation. As do most liberals.


5 posted on 01/05/2018 7:03:21 AM PST by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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To: Red Badger

Use in a sentence: “One should never obfuscate; it is to be eschewed.”


6 posted on 01/05/2018 7:03:25 AM PST by Disambiguator (Keepin' it analog.)
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To: Red Badger
I did a web search on "blockchain" because I've been seeing the term in the news a lot; but all of the articles I found were obfuscated with marketing buzzwords and undefined techno-jargon.
7 posted on 01/05/2018 7:11:44 AM PST by snarkpup (The swamp is draining; and the alligators are allegating.)
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To: Red Badger

Ob fussed at Kate when she obfuscated about her spending habits.


8 posted on 01/05/2018 7:16:42 AM PST by Purdue77 (Okay, I'm too cheap to afford a tag line.)
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To: Red Badger

No obfuscating obfuscation.


9 posted on 01/05/2018 7:30:37 AM PST by onedoug
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To: Red Badger

The Fall of the Duplicitous Left
Will be worse than Watergate
They think their tactics are deft
As they try to obfuscate
When the Truth is finally revealed
It will be like the House of Usher
It was Hillary who concealed
Her collusion with spies from Russia,


10 posted on 01/05/2018 7:38:33 AM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: Red Badger
The reason we have no real political debate is that one side only lies and obfuscates.
11 posted on 01/05/2018 7:51:28 AM PST by \/\/ayne (-.. .-. .. -. -.- / -- --- .-. . / --- ...- .- .-.. - .. -. .)
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To: Red Badger

THE DEMOCRAT MANTRA
If the facts are on your side: DELINEATE!
If not: OBFUSCATE!


12 posted on 01/05/2018 8:18:55 AM PST by Panzerlied ("We shall never surrender!")
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