GRIFFONAGE

PRONUNCIATION: (grif-uh-NAHZH)

MEANING: noun: Careless or illegible handwriting; scrawl.

ETYMOLOGY: From French griffonner (to scribble or scrawl), from griffe (claw). Earliest documented use: 1832.
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GRIFFIN AGE - 1962-1986, the years when singer and band leader, movie actor, television personality and media mogul Merv hosted his talk show

GRIFT ON AGE - the vocation of one who practices deceiving older people

GRIEFONAGE - sadly, how the above practitioners work, using the telephone