Thursday, April 12, 2018

Merriam-Webster Word of the Day - Newfangled

 
 
 
newfangled Audio pronunciation
 
adjective | NOO-FANG-guld  
 
Definition
 
:
attracted to novelty
 
:
of the newest style or kind
 
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Newfangled is actually a pretty old word. It dates all the way back to the 15th century, and likely developed from the even older adjective newfangle, which probably derives from a combination of the Middle English newe, meaning new, and the Old English fangol, from a verb meaning "to take." In its earliest documented uses, newfangled described a person who was fond of new things, fashions, or ideas. Current usage indicates that newfangled is used—sometimes deprecatingly—to describe anything that is new, hip, hot, or happening, while other times it is used with irony for something—such as rock music—that might have been new at one time but is hardly new anymore.
 
 
Examples of NEWFANGLED
 
"If you're more like me and less like the authors of Fortune's outstanding blockchain and cryptocurrency site The Ledger, this newfangled stuff is more often than not clear as mud. I don't intend to completely elucidate it for you in one day."
Adam Lashinsky, Fortune.com, 7 Mar. 2018
 
"When they arrive in Memphis, they head to church, where Elvis' uncle, the church's reverend, is preaching about how this newfangled thing called rock is the devil's music."
Chancellor Agard, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2018
 
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Unscramble the letters to create a synonym of newfangled: UVEOLENL.
 
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