He still holds to the old mumpsimus that a woman's place is in the kitchen. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
On August 18, 2003, I wrote the first post of this blog, a definition of the word "mumpsimus". From Wordnik.com. [Five Years] Reference
I Googled "mumpsimus" after reading this story b/c I thought it'd be a better name for my blog than "farragos". From Wordnik.com. [In a Name] Reference
I also hoped the title might cause some people to look up and thinking about the definition of the word "mumpsimus", the choice of which was a coy way for me to try to avoid all presumptions of accuracy from the get-go. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-02-01] Reference
It was scarcely to be expected that the passions of James's age would allow of this wise distinction between Papists, the intriguing restless partizans of a foreign potentate, and simple Roman-Catholics, who preferred the 'mumpsimus' of their grandsires to the corrected. From Wordnik.com. [The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge] Reference
On the other sites that is; certainly not a criticism anyone could make of mumpsimus. From Wordnik.com. [Returning] Reference
I have finally made my way through the 3,000 emails that had accumulated in the mumpsimus at gmail account during my absence from checking it. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
I haven't checked my mumpsimus at gmail account since putting everything on hold here, and I expect there are thousands of messages to sort through. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
Gwenda Bond just sent me a news item about the Montana state spelling bee, which was won after 41 rounds with the winner correctly spelling the word mumpsimus. From Wordnik.com. [In a Name] Reference
I mentioned a few months ago that I'd taken the mumpsimus at gmail address off the site for a bit while I weeded it of spam sent through from some old addresses that were forwarding to it. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference
And now let all defenders of present institutions, however bad they may be -- let all violent supporters of their old mumpsimus against any new sumpsimus whatever, listen to a conversation among some undergraduates. From Wordnik.com. [Julian Home] Reference
Special Award, Non-Professional: Ariel (for thealienonline. net), Matt Cheney (for mumpsimus. blogspot.com), Robert Morgan (for Sarob Press), Barbara and Christopher Roden (for All Hallows magazine), Michael Walsh (for Old Earth Books). From Wordnik.com. [World Fantasy Award Nominees | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News] Reference
Link merlion mythologism mumpsimus mp3 media. From Wordnik.com. [sega cdx ebay auction] Reference
10:29 pm: merlion mythologism mumpsimus mp3 media - 2 circumlocutions. From Wordnik.com. [January 2007] Reference
A Conversation with Sonya Taaffe, by Matthew Cheney http://mumpsimus. blogspot.com/2004/11/conversation-with-sonya-taaffe. html. From Wordnik.com. [oldcharliebrown's Journal] Reference
When I went into the hills and vales to survey for the new reservoir they told me the place was evil. http://mumpsimus. blogspot.com/2005/06/indoctrination. htm. From Wordnik.com. [Some say the Earth will end in fire; Some say the Earth will end in ice.] Reference
"mumpsimus" for new "sumpsimus.". From Wordnik.com. [Lectures on Modern history] Reference
Tags: artificial intelligence, artificial intuition, blog, new hampshire, singularity, the mumpsimus. From Wordnik.com. [Artificial Intuition and The Mumpsimus] Reference
Ian Chadwick, your administrator, author, blogger, politician, foolosopher, and resident mumpsimus. From Wordnik.com. [Progressive Bloggers] Reference
Oh and JB, I remembered where I’d been reading about Grossman’s article, and it was here: http://mumpsimus. blogspot.com/2009/08/its-plot. html. From Wordnik.com. [What’s The Fuss About Episodic Fiction? « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
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