Sunday Word: Scofflaw

[sallymn]

scofflaw [skawf-law, skof-]
noun:

North American, informal

Comments

[spikesgirl58]

Wow, as recent a history as that. That's fascinating. I will need to give this one a whirl.

[sallymn]

I saw it in a Miss Manners column, so the fact it was American didn't surprise me, but that it was such a recent thing,,, that did.

[spikesgirl58]

You just tend to think that most words have been about for centuries, but not so. I mean, the Internet, Wi-Fi and so many others...