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Not with the current generation of people. I can't speak to any other generation, but as a native speaker I did understand it. It seemed archaic to me.
by oidar 4y ago
Not with the current generation of people. I can't speak to any other generation, but as a native speaker I did understand it. It seemed archaic to me.
- bentley 4y agoI wouldn’t call it archaic, but more folksy. I think most people would understand it, but would rarely encounter it outside a humorous context. It’s pretty similar to bamboozle, except that’s gained kind of a “cute” connotation in recent years (due to pet memes, etc.) that hornswoggle doesn’t have.