It seems to have become fashionable in Jane Austen Fan Fiction Fanon, particularly at fanfiction.net but leaking elsewhere, in the past year to use the word “frippery” to mean adornment or decoration or baubles. Every time I see it seems like it is an…
Tag: etymology
Eschew Obfuscation
The other day, while driving north on PCH near Long Beach State, I saw a beater of n car driving towards the university with a bumper sticker that said, “Eschew Obfuscation”. I had a good laugh and thought, “That must be a grad student…