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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-816/
- Published: 2022-04-24T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-03-04T20:48:17.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 23:04

The word for today is…

founder (noun, verb):

*noun*: one that founds or establishes

*verb*: 1 : to become disabled especially : to go lame  
 2 : to give way : collapse  
 3 : to become submerged : sink  
 4 : to come to grief

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

Etymology : Founder is related to Latin fundus, meaning “bottom” or “base.” When something “founders,” it usually hits the bottom in one sense or another. When a ship founders, it sinks to the bottom of the sea, for example, and if your endeavor is foundering, it isn’t doing well and is therefore headed downward.

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