Humbug

Prince of Humbugs, written by P.T. Barnum

Humbug.

“I do not think that word means what you think it means.” I quote here Inigo Montoya here, talking to Vizzini about “inconceivable”. (see The Princess Bride for details)

Humbug isn’t a word we use anymore. It became forever immortalized on the lips of one Ebeneezer Scrooge in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. It’s too bad – humbug is a good word that describes very well a practice that many of us buy in to. It may even describe some of the people we may know. (more…)

December 21, 2012 | Categories: Old-fashioned words | Tags: Ebenezer Scrooge, Humbug, Inigo Montoya, P.T. Barnum, The Hidden History of Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Wizard of Oz | Leave a comment