18 August 2003

Mumpsimus (MUMP-si-mus) n.

1. a traditional custom or notion adhered to although shown to be unreasonable.

2. a person who persists in a mistaken expression or practice.

Posted by Matthew Cheney

1 comment:

  1. I'm enjoying your blog! I found it on a search for "teaching the Dark Descent" (a book I've used often in my horror writing courses). Hope your madness and mayhem course was both gleefully mad and gloriously mayhem-ridden.

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