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Author Message   Fanno1 Yavvanam Kaatesina Bewarse Username: Fanno1 Post Number: 9134 Registered: 03-2004 Posted From: 24.249.211.73 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Thursday, October 20, 2016 - 9:27 am:    todays word of the day ( I am subscribed and get an email everyday). A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg trumpery PRONUNCIATION: (TRUHM-puh-ree) MEANING: noun: 1. Something showy but worthless. 2. Nonsense or rubbish. 3. Deceit; fraud; trickery. ETYMOLOGY: From French tromper (to deceive). Earliest documented use: 1481. USAGE: “The room was crowded with a chilly miscellany of knick-knacks and ornaments, gewgaws, and trumpery of every kind.” Leo Bruce; Case for Three Detectives; Academy Chicago; 1980. “History, made up as it is of so much trumpery, treachery, and tyranny, needs deeds of valor, of sacrifice, and of heroism if it is to be palatable.” The Medal of Honor: A History of Service Above and Beyond; Zenith Press; 2014.