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The OFFICIAL Cornfield Library lounge area thread. Off topic posts are allowed!
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newfangled (adj.) late 15c., "addicted to novelty," literally "ready to grasp at all new things," from adjective newefangel "fond of novelty" (mid-13c., neufangel), from new + -fangel "inclined to take," from Proto-Germanic *fanglon "to grasp," from nasalized form of PIE root *pag- "to fasten" (compare fang).

Definition of fangle

(Entry 1 of 2) 1 : a fashion especially when foppish or silly —used with new and usually derogatorily. 2 obsolete : a silly or fantastic contrivance : gewgaw, gaud. fangle. transitive verb.

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On 3/15/2022 at 6:53 PM, kav said:

The OFFICIAL Newfangled Cornfield Library lounge area thread. Off topic posts are allowed!   

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The OFFICIAL Gewgaw Cornfield Library lounge area thread. Off topic posts are allowed!  Am~Eye~Right?

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