My friend Pria made me jealous studying for her GRE, because she had a great vocabulary. I don't know why I didn't just do it too. Okay maybe I haven't felt like I had time, but I am always trying to aquire new words.
This one came up in an animated conversation with a colleague, and I really thought she was making it up. It was maybe because I heard it "horn swaddle". Turns out she nailed it.
To be hornswoggled is to be tricked or hoaxed. She used it in the verb form, but it could also could be used as a noun.
So the next time you feel like someone is tricking you, think of it as being hornswoggled!
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