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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-967/
- Published: 2022-09-22T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-07-20T18:42:09.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:48

The word for today is…

waggish (adjective):

1 : resembling or characteristic of a wag  
2 : done or made in waggery or for sport : humorous

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

Etymology : One who is waggish acts like a wag. What, then, is a wag? It has nothing to do with a dog’s tail; in this case a wag is a clever person prone to joking. Though light-hearted in its use and meaning, the probable source of this particular wag is grim: it is thought to be short for waghalter, an obsolete English word that translates as gallows bird, a gallows bird being someone thought to be deserving of hanging. The wag in waghalter is the familiar wag having to do with movement, and halter is another word for a noose.

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