Monday, January 14, 2008

Word of the day

Today's word reminds me of my wonderful husband, Joe. (hi sweetie!)

Obfuscate (from Dictionary.com)

ob·fus·cate [ob-fuh-skeyt, ob-fuhs-keyt]

–verb (used with object), -cat·ed, -cat·ing.
1. to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
2. to make obscure or unclear: to obfuscate a problem with extraneous information.
3. to darken.

[Origin: 1525–35; < LL obfuscātus (ptp. of obfuscāre to darken), equiv. to L ob- ob- + fusc(us) dark + -ātus -ate1]

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