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Today's Word "transmogrify"

transmogrify \trans-MOG-ruh-fy\ (transitive verb) - To change into a different shape or to transform, often with bizarre or humorous effect.

"Jennie suddenly felt suspicious; it wouldn't be Camille's fault, but grief could transmogrify that forgiveness at any moment..." -- Nancy Woodruff, 'Someone Else's Child'

Transmogrify is perhaps a humorous blend of transmigrate (for the form) and transmute (for the sense).



This news arrived on: 08/18/2008
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Posted Comments:

08-25-2008 13:55
irene wrote:



please just use real words, not made up stuff.



08-21-2008 10:28
R Jordan wrote:

transmogrify

Wasn't it Calvin fromCalvin and Hobbs who coined this word?




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