Unofficial Tex Murphy

Looks like we are hitting a slow spell. How about guessing another word. This one is a verb and not math related. Give it you best guess.

prevaricate

Lie, falsify, like in not telling the truth. A kin would be canard.

Jim the old guy wrote:Lie, falsify, like in not telling the truth. A kin would be canard.

True, Jim (no pun intended), but I found some interesting etymology.

Canard is French for "duck." The meaning of canard being an untruth comes from the Middle French "vendre des canards à moitié:" to cheat, literally, to half-sell ducks
Date: 1851. From the Merriam-Webster online dictionary.

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