[Mpls] Obfuscate

[Diane Wiley]

according to my handy dandy computer dictionary,  obfuscate is a verb which
means "make unclear or unintelligible" from the Latin obfuscare, which
means, "darken"  --  so put that in your pipe and desicate it

diane wiley in tangletown with laptop at the ready

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Shove" <shove001 at tc.umn.edu>
To: "Ray Marshall" <raymarsh at mninter.net>
Cc: <mpls at mnforum.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 1:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Mpls] Minneapolis: What is in a name? A powerful brand?


> On Mon, 3 Oct 2005, Ray Marshall wrote:
>
> > I see by the morning Strib that American Express Financial Advisors is
now
> > doing business independently under the name of Ameriprise Financial,
Inc.
> >
> > Kinda rolls right off the tongue, doesn't it, as you savor free
enterprise's
> > latest contribution to obfuscation.
>
> I keep asking people the meaning of "obfuscation", but I never get a clear
> answer I can understand. Each time I ask it gets worse.  Put that word in
> your mouth and eschew it.
>
>
> -David Shove
> word traveller
> Roseville
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