Do you ever get the feeling that some words should be spoken in hushed tones? This is a good one for that. I could just see Ellen Bartelle, Seattle's intriguing private-eye whispering to some tough-guy informant using this word. Perhaps I should work this one in soon. This week's word is...
huggermugger: [huhg-er-muhg-er]secrecy; reticence
Hold onto your fanny packs...Here we go...
As the two small children crept out of their room during naptime, there was an air of huggermugger between them. (Then Mom spotted them and it was over!)
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Veronica had a panache for gardening, but apparently not for name appeal; the 'Hovel of Huggermugger' did no justice to the romantic array of English roses.
The friends tried to avoid becoming huggermugger, but instead invited others to join them.
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