Thursday, January 26, 2012

obsequiesce

Submitted by Susan Piver Browne this word, a combination of obsequious and acquiesce, began life during a conversation about apologizing anyway for something she didn’t do:
“He’s so upset, I just decided to obsequiesce to the charge.”
(Originally posted September 13, 2005)

1 comment:

Erich Kuersten said...

Congratulations - I just used it for a Spotify mix title "Too Punk to obsequiesce" - you were the only other genius who used it/coined it/innovented it. Websters should hire us both full time