> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://goodoil.news/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-736/
- Published: 2022-02-03T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-12-05T17:51:06.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:12

The word for today is…

hoity-toity (adjective):

1 : thoughtlessly silly or frivolous  
2 : marked by an air of assumed importance

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hoity-toity?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Today we most often use hoity-toity as an adjective, but before it was an adjective it was a noun meaning “thoughtless giddy behavior.” The noun, which first appeared in print in the middle of the 17th century, was probably created as a singsongy rhyme based on the dialectal English word hoit, meaning “to play the fool.” The adjective hoity-toity can stay close to its roots and mean “foolish” (“… as though it were very hoity-toity of me not to know that royal personage.” — W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor’s Edge), but in current use it more often means “pretentious.”

***If you enjoyed this BFD word of the day please consider sharing it with your friends and, especially, your children.***