Word of the Day (22):
The word is: bumptious
Main Entry: bumptious • \BUMP-shus\ • adjective (click to hear)
Definition: presumptuously, obtusely, and often noisily self-assertive : obtrusive
Example Sentence:
"I wish the DJs on this station weren't so bumptious," said Andrea. "I'd prefer to just listen to the music."
Did you know?
Etymologists believe that "bumptious" was probably coined, perhaps playfully, from the noun "bump" plus "-tious." When "bumptious" was first used around 1800, it meant "self-conceited." Charles Dickens used it that way in David Copperfield: "His hair was very smooth and wavy; but I was informed . . . that it was a wig . . . and that he needn't be so 'bounceable' -- somebody else said 'bumptious' -- about it, because his own red hair was very plainly to be seen behind."
Very interesting... lol. This word just cracks me up... and i figured it was fitting for a friday! ;-)
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