Words are very powerful — so become empowered by enhancing your vocabulary! Check out this week’s word ‘Muckamuck’, a new entrant to the Oxford Dictionary

Muckamuck (also mucky-muck)

Noun (informal)

Definition: A person of great importance or self-importance.

Examples: “Mays is tapped by the party’s mucky-mucks to run for president in 2004.”

“Once the organisers and corporate mucky-mucks left the stage, the assembled audience of media dorks were treated to a surprisingly good preview of what is to come this September.”

“In terms of finances, did you have a hard time convincing financial mucky-mucks to throw their weight behind the project?”

Origin: Mid 19th century: from Chinook Jargon, shortening of high muck-a-muck.

Published in Dawn, Young World, June 18th, 2016