Wednesday Word: Palter. Really? Yes, really.
Lauren McDonald shared a post on LI yesterday -- the one seen below -- and for a minute I thought the headline had a typo in it.聽
The headline read: "Why One Must Not Palter When Negotiating"
聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽聽http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/why-one-must-not-palter-when-negotiating
Yes, I thought the word was meant to be聽falter, which it might have been. So I looked up palter, just to confirm that I knew it had to be wrong.
Gotcha! Actually, GOT ME! Oops.聽
It's not a typo at all. But it is a word I'd never heard or seen before, as far as I can remember. It hasn't shown up in any crossword puzzles I've done, and it hasn't shown up on any quizzes either (at least, not yet). But it IS a perfectly good word, and I thought I'd pass it along, while also showing you the interesting original post from which it came.
Here are the definitions for palter, according to the American Heritage Dictionary (found on www.yourdictionary.com):
- To talk or act insincerely or misleadingly; equivocate.
- To be capricious; to trifle.
- To quibble, especially in bargaining.
And from Wiktionary:
- To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions.
- (now rare) To聽trifle (with).
- To聽haggle.
- To聽babble; to chatter.
So, now you know. Go forth and spread the news!
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Susan 馃悵 Rooks, The Grammar Goddess
7 years ago #7
Thanks so much, @Harvey Lloyd! Great information.
Susan 馃悵 Rooks, The Grammar Goddess
7 years ago #6
Thanks so much, @Fatima Williams! Glad you liked it.
Harvey Lloyd
7 years ago #5
John Rylance
7 years ago #4
馃悵 Fatima G. Williams
7 years ago #3
Susan 馃悵 Rooks, The Grammar Goddess
7 years ago #2
Too funny, Praveen Raj Gullepalli! Yeah, palter is totally new to me. Now I only hope that it shows up as an answer in a crossword puzzle or maybe on the U.S. show Jeopardy! It would be nice to be able to recognize it and use it.
Mohammed Abdul Jawad
7 years ago #1