I needed a word today. I fished around that musty brain attic of mine, and could find none that were appropriate. So I coined one.<\/p>\n
“Embafflement.”<\/p>\n
Embafflement is the feeling of oncoming confusion. Embafflement is the sense that the more you know, the less you understand.<\/p>\n
Why did I need the word embafflement? Well…<\/p>\n
I had to write about a toy relating to a television series called Phineas & Ferb<\/i>. The more I read about it, the less I thought I knew. I wasn’t just baffled. I was em<\/i>baffled. Thus, embafflement.<\/p>\n
The root of embafflement is the verb, embaffle, which didn’t exist until five minutes ago when I typed this out. College students could use embaffle in a sentence thusly — “I liked that professor, but her lectures embaffled me; the more notes I wrote, the less sense I had.” Or, geneological researchers — “I thought the census records would give me clarity, but instead I was embaffled by them.”<\/p>\n
And embafflement has a nice ring to it. It flows off the tongue nicely. It sounds<\/i> portentious. It’s the kind of word that you hear, even if you’ve never heard it before, and you instantly understand it.<\/p>\n
I’m going to use embaffle and its derivatives more often. I foresee fantastic application in the realm of political commentary. The Tea Party embaffles me. Sarah Palin embaffles me. Yes, it works!<\/p>\n
Use embaffle, embaffling, or embafflement in everyday conversation. I challenge you! :cheers:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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