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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsAnybody here play Words With Friends?
I just played "bigly" and it accepted it as a word meaning to a great extent, on a large scale.
Has this always been a word or is Trump corrupting the English language?
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Anybody here play Words With Friends? (Original Post)
Arkansas Granny
Jun 2020
OP
Yes, I've heard that explanation, but with all the hoopla around the word, I didn't realize it was
Arkansas Granny
Jun 2020
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lapucelle
(18,037 posts)1. It's in all the scrabble dictionaries.
Apparently, it's a very old word.
bigly (adv.)
early 14c., "strongly, vehemently," from big + -ly (2). From 1530s as "haughtily, arrogantly."
early 14c., "strongly, vehemently," from big + -ly (2). From 1530s as "haughtily, arrogantly."
https://www.etymonline.com/word/bigly#etymonline_v_52806
Harker
(13,870 posts)2. I'm pretty sure Trumpsky was saying
"big league", a variation of "big time."
He's a dolt with a mouth full of marbles and a brain full of mush, so he's easy to misunderstand, though.
Arkansas Granny
(31,483 posts)5. Yes, I've heard that explanation, but with all the hoopla around the word, I didn't realize it was
actually recognized.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)3. "bigly" is a perfectly cromulent word.
And dates from way back...
See: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Citations:bigly
Embiggen your vocabulary!
Cirque du So-What
(25,811 posts)4. Certes!