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William Hupy
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squander

Postby William Hupy » Tue May 05, 2015 9:09 am

This word is of unknown origin but entered our language in the 1580s. Any thoughts on this?
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Re: squander

Postby Slava » Thu Feb 25, 2021 9:45 am

To scatter wandering. SC + W = Sq. My take at least.

I do like squander-bug and squanderlust. I can see uses for both.
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