Andre Louis on Nostr: From Susie Dent's book 'Interesting Stories About Curious Words' comes this little ...
From Susie Dent's book 'Interesting Stories About Curious Words' comes this little nugget, which amuses me:
'Trumperiness This 19th-century word describes a state of being extremely showy but utterly worthless – in other words, trashy. It is first cousin to ‘trumpet’, from French trompe, ‘trumpet’.'
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