Friday word: Absquatulate
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Absquatulate
(ahb-SQWAH-chu-layt)
Verb:
-To leave abruptly.
-To abscond or Run off.
-To get out of Dodge.
-Bug out.
From mid 19th century: blend, simulating a Latin form, of abscond, squattle ‘depart,’ and perambulate.
Used in a sentence:
"When her husband came home early, I knew it was time to absquatulate!"
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(ahb-SQWAH-chu-layt)
Verb:
-To leave abruptly.
-To abscond or Run off.
-To get out of Dodge.
-Bug out.
From mid 19th century: blend, simulating a Latin form, of abscond, squattle ‘depart,’ and perambulate.
Used in a sentence:
"When her husband came home early, I knew it was time to absquatulate!"
(all credit for the graphic and text goes to The Grandiloquent Word of the Day FB page)
