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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-185/
- Published: 2020-07-29T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-07-22T22:19:06.000Z
- Author: Peter Andersen
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00

The word for today is…

scofflaw (noun) – One who habitually violates laws, especially laws that do not involve serious criminal offenses.

Source : [The Free Dictionary](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/scofflaw?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : 1924, from scoff + law. The winning entry in a national contest during Prohibition to coin a word to characterise a person who drinks illegally, chosen from more than 25,000 entries; the $200 winning prize was split between two contestants who sent in the word separately: Henry Irving Dale and Miss Kate L. Butler. Other similar attempts did not stick, such as pitilacker (1926), winning entry in a contest by the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to establish a scolding word for one who mistreats animals (submitted by Mrs. M. McIlvaine Bready of Mickleton, N.J.).

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