As a children’s book author, I love to make up words. But the English language has a nice selection of wacky words already. Here are some of my favorites and their meanings. See if you can use at least one of these words tomorrow.

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Cockamamie – ridiculous, nonsense

Discombobulate – confuse, frustrate, mess up

Flabbergast – astound

Gobbledygook – jargon, hard to understand language

Gobsmacked – shocked, flabbergasted

Hornswoggle – cheat, swindle

Jabberwocky – meaningless words (kind of like gobbledygook, I guess)

Lederhosen – leather shorts with suspenders

Persnickety – particular, fussy in a snobby way (I have a friend like this, but he gets flabbergasted when I tell him so!)

Scallywag – mischievous person

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