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False, but I’ve always wished it were true.

kerfuffle: a severe case of the sniffles

edited out. carry on ; )

@augustlan no, a kerfuffle is a minor dustup, disagreement or argument.

Disabuse – to help someone escape from abuse.

@CWOTUS True

Skid fin – an airplane part

Disabuse is to free someone, but not from abuse. So – false – but tricky.

Skid fin – true. It just sounded like something that would do what its name suggested.

Here’s another one: Rapine – a small mammal

False. Rapine means to plunder.

Mephitic – an offensive odor

@EnchantingEla True.

Piggyback: Originally pick-a-pack.

@Prosb True

Absquatulate – to travel at a leisurely pace

Absquatulate? Almost True.

Tod – An ignorant person.

@digitalimpression False Absquatulate – to leave in a hurry or under suspicious circumstances

False. Tod – a load or unit of weight (English)

Ambiguous – undecided, uncertain or confused

@EnchantingEla True
ravage- eat heartily

@Pandora False. Ravage means to lay waste to.

discombobulate – to remove the bobber on a fishing line so that the line floats on its own

False. To discombobulate is to Fluther fluster.
Fractionate – reduce fractions to lowest common denominators.

LMAO @ratboy

False. Fractionate is to divide or separate into parts.

Spurtle – A flat utensil used for flipping oatcakes on a griddle.

False: A spurtle is a utensil – a spatula – used in South America specifically for making turrtle flapjacks. ;-)

@CaptainHarley Oops sorry fell asleep. Good on the word. Going back to bed. nite.

@zensky turtle flapjacks, oatmeal or porridge ; )

capricious – to make sudden unexpected changes

@zensky

True.

Tintinabuiation: a process for molding large sheets of tin.

False. It’s the sound of bells, right?

Plethora: a jelly, and only a jelly.

@augustlan False. Plethora is an excess or abundance of something.
Ex: Fluther has a plethora of tags available, to help show you questions relevant to your interests.

Crenation: An form of burial where body parts are separated, and then buried over a large area.

@Prosb LOL! False! It has something to do with abnormalities in cells ( I think )!

Safing

Safing – An action that sometimes occurs at home plate in American baseball.

I like that this is becoming like my favorite dictionary game, Balderdash!

Bawbee

@Blueroses

Sorry. Safing: the act of changing a weapon from a state of readiness for initiation to a safe condition.

Bawbee: “Barbie” for those who cannot pronounce the “r” letter! : D

False. A Bawbee used to be a Scottish coin.

Callithumpian – A thin tube used specifically on children in medicine.

@EnchantingEla I haven’t looked it up yet but it seems like such a Willie Wonka word, I’m guessing the mundane answer might be true?

Ah, yes. It is a self-descriptive word like hullabaloo! In fact, it is a hullabaloo. Nice word.

Oligodendroglia – Celtic. The adherents of and celebrants of, the goddess, Oleg.

@Blueroses False – Oligodendroglia is a type of cell in the central nervous system

Phylum – A grouping of organisms which animals are divided into.

The definition I have for Callithumpian is a children’s costumed parade. Maybe it’s an Oompa-Loompa parade! ; )

Ah, finally a word with its real definition. True. Except that “phylum” includes other organisms besides animals; I’m not going to quibble. This time.

Halyard – a flag or pennant on a ship or boat

@CWOTUS I was keeping it brief : )

False – Halyard is the rope used to raise the pennant

Atavism – The practice of anti demonstrations against atheists.

@EnchantingEla

LMAO! False. Atavism is a “throwback,” something which has survived its own time.

Digiderido – a type of Australian weapon.

@CaptainHarley
False – Digideridoo is a long wooden wind instrument played by Australian Aborigines to produce a long deep sound. (Of course maybe it could be used as a weapon, too).

Mycelium – a fibrous substance found in Cactus.