Chrysti The Wordsmith: Caco- Words

Greetings This is Christie the wordsmith. If your penmanship is sloppy or careless you might have in an earlier age been chastised by your school master for your kak Kaga fee is a Greek based word consisting of the prefix CACO meaning bad or evil and grafitti from the verb Graf ENM meaning to right Qadhafi literally means bad handwriting. This is just one in a long strange roster of CACO words. A more familiar cousin is cacophony which literally means bad sound and refers generally to an unpleasant combination of loud harsh or jarring sounds cacophony is the antithesis of symphony which is etymologically a cooperation of sounds most CACO words are today linguistic curiosities. Many were coined in an earlier age by medical practitioners to classify physical and mental abnormalities. For example someone afflicted with CACO dontcha has bad teeth.

A patient who complains of foul odors that no one else can detect is said to have kak Osmia the Osmia portion of this word comes from the Greek word for odor and unthinkable malady is CACO glossy or gang green of the tongue. And if your hair is somehow diseased your physician might note that you have CACO tricky. I'm Christi the wordsmith. Good day for boars. CHRISTIE The wordsmith is sponsored by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Zoot enterprises a high tech firm in Bozeman Montana offering challenging careers and innovative solutions for the financial services industry. Zoot web dot com.