In Scotland, a fank is a coil of rope or a snare, a sense that gives rise to fankle, meaning to tangle. As a verb, fankle can also mean to lose the thread of a conversation, and as a noun, it can mean the tangle itself. Earbud cords, for example...
Feeling fankled? It’s a Scots English word that means “messed up” or “confused.” In this week’s episode, Grant and Martha also discuss a whole litter of synonyms for dust bunny, a slew of different terms for the...
In Scots English, something fankled is tangled, messed up, or confused, as with a telephone cord that has worked itself into knots. Gordon in Anaheim, California, picked up fankle from his Scottish wife, and the word fits neatly with Scots fank, a...