(12) Tharoorian Vocabulary 2- Farrago

Pankaj Khanna, 

Visiting Faculty Maths/DI-LR

IMS Indore.( 9424810575)

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(This article is Posted on 20/4/2023.)

Farrago!

Shashi Tharoor came into extreme limelight when he used the word  Farrago in his tweet in May  2017:

"Exasperating farrago of distortions, misrepresentations & outright lies being broadcast by an unprincipled showman masquerading as a journalist"

Farrago means a confused mixture or Hodgepodge.For example: "A farrago of fact and myth about a fallen Politician".

In Latin, farrago means "mixed fodder" or 'cattle feed'. 

A few years before using the word 'Farrago', he had termed the Economy Class  Air Travellers  as 'Cattle Class'! He was excoriated severely by all including his partymen and the netizens for terming the people as Cattle Class. 

Without being apologetic, later on he came up with the word Farrago which does mean 'cattle feed'!  Usage of the word Farrago further gained popularity as people found Tharoor's Cattle connection in this word too! 

Farrago is used for a medley of disorganized, haphazard, or even nonsensical ideas or elements. The meaning of Farrago in essence remains 'mixture' or 'hodgepodge'.

Farrago sounds more formal than 

hodgepodge or mishmash, but it means  the same.

Examples: 

-Kabadee Bazaar features a farrago of antiques and old junk. 

-Children get  a farrago of treats--sweets, fruits, dry fruits, chocolates, lollipops--on the  occasion of Diwali. 

-This blog is also a farrago of words, idioms, phrasal verbs  etc.

Pankaj Khanna

Indore (9424810575)

B.E. (Mech.) SGSITS Indore 1983 Batch

-Worked with HPCL from 1984 to 2007 as Mgr.

-Faculty Maths/DI-LR - T.I.M.E. Indore 2007-20

-Faculty Maths/DI-LR -IMS Indore 2022 Onwards.

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3    Retrouvaille

4    Aeipathy

5    Ambigram

6    Gaslighting

7    Netiquettes

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9    Sol

10  Nostalgia and Solastalgia

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