Word of the Day for Wednesday September 7, 2005
farrago \fuh-RAH-go; fuh-RAY-go\, noun;
plural farragoes:
A confused mixture; an assortment; a medley.
Ivan Illich writes "a farrago of sub-Marxist cliches, false
analogies, non sequiturs, false or bent facts and weird
prophesies."
--"The Paul Johnson Enemies List," [1]New York Times,
September 18, 1977
Roy Hattersley will upset much of Scotland by calling
Walter Scott's lvanhoe "a farrago of historical nonsense
combined with maudlin romance."
--"Literary classics panned by critics," [2]Independent,
January 18, 1999
From the moment the story of the Countess of Wessex and the
Sheikh of Wapping broke, there has been a farrago of
rumour, speculation and fantasy of which virtually every
newspaper should be ashamed.
--Roy Greenslade, "A sting in the tale," [3]The Guardian,
April 9, 2001
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