[Lone Star]

Saw a bumper sticker that I think I understand, but can't find, "confuscation" in either of two home dictionaries.

Anyone know for sure what it means?

(Yes, I know what "eschew" means. As in, "eschew" voting for Barbara Boxer if you live in California. New Yorkers, just sub. Hillary Clinton's name. Same general principle.)

Lone Star

[willyjixx]

whats eschew mean? cant find my dictionary~

[cracked butt]

Not sure, its been awhile since college and all of the two bit words, but I think confuscation means lying or deceiving.

[C.R.Sam]

Get to the point ?

Sam

[Zundfolge]

Eschew is to avoid or to refrain from using.

Confuscaiton is making something simple seem complicated by using complicated or uncommon words or euphemisms.

the phrase is a confuscation of the phrase "avoid confuscation"


pretty clever actually :evil:

[Lone Star]

Zundfolge-

That's about what I figured. Thanks.

By the way, "eschew" IS in the dictionary. I sometimes use the term.
Cute bumper sticker.

Lone Star

[labgrade]

Tsk.

The proper term is:

eschew obfuscation

Use it all the time here abouts. As a screen saver, it always did make the "most knowledgeable" crazy, as they had no idea, & that was the whole point of the phrase, huh? ;)

Confuses local (worldwide, for us net-geeks) idiots who have no clue - sorry to the illiterate.

It means literally to "avoiding using confusing statements." ... or, enough to get by on.

& again, the whole point of it.

[Kaylee]

yup. pretty clever. right funny. :D


and OT. :)

-K