A.Word.A.Day --pishogue

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Nov 4, 2020

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cushy
pogonip
pishogue
zarf
picaro

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with Anu Garg

pishogue

PRONUNCIATION:

(pi-SHOHG)

MEANING:

noun: Sorcery; witchcraft; spell.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Irish piseog (witchcraft). Earliest documented use: 1829.

USAGE:

“You have totally glamoured me with your pishogue.”
N.E. Tovell; Tides of the Undead; iUniverse; 2011.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like. -Will Rogers, humorist (4 Nov 1879-1935)

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