>>http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=bamboozled >> >>bam*boo*zle >> To take in by elaborate methods of deceit; hoodwink. >> See Synonyms at deceive.
I am late in this thread, and I don't exactly know what is being discussed. Adding my thoughts, based on the above discussion, check http://www.dict.org/ for any and every kind of word that you ever want. Here is what it says about bamboozle: 2 definitions found >From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : Bamboozle \Bam*boo"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bamboozled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bamboozling (?).] [Said to be of Gipsy origin.] To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug. [Colloq.] --Addison. What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you? --J. H. Newman. >From WordNet (r) 1.6 : bamboozle v : conceal one's true motives from esp. by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well" [syn: snow, hoodwink, lead by the nose, play false] Cheers, --amar -- Amarendra A. Godbole / Microsoft ``Services For UNIX'' / These opinions are _MINE_. If you declare love, what identifier scope does it have ? _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
