"scumble" [Was: Inconsistent taboos on Fox News]

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

Maybe a  lexical blend: scramble + jumble. I'm open to other interpretations though.

Gerald Cohen

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>
        Original message, Oct. 31, 2007 9:18 AM from James Smith:
> So exactly what does "scumble" mean in this sense?  Or was the word simply used inaccurately or
> inappropriately?
>
> JIM
> --- "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET> wrote:
>
> > At 10/30/2007 12:06 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> > >On one show they both refused to utter it and
> > scumbled the word on  the board.
> >
> > As my mother the high school English teacher told
> > me, learn a new
> > word every day.  Thanks, JL.
> >
> > And OED2 does not have this non-artistic sense.
> >
> > Joel
> >
> >
>

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