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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread word of the day: bluff #205547 04/20/2012 12:37 PM Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 1 dathilacha stranger dathilacha stranger Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 1 any ideas why a word whose etymology is "flat" or "smooth" comes to mean "cliff" or "grove of trees"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: word of the day: bluff dathilacha #205557 04/20/2012 9:47 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 A bluff has a smooth or flat face. The grove of trees could well have a face that is reminiscent of a bluff. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: word of the day: bluff Faldage #205573 04/21/2012 3:09 PM Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK So, its bark is worse than its bight? I'm immortal until proven otherwise Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: word of the day: bluff Rhubarb Commando #205579 04/21/2012 7:13 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Compliments on your Dutch! From blaf to bark is mistery too, but I know by now language is just like people. No logic. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,463 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,272 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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