Word of the Day: OBFUSCATE

Hide truth in darkness

obfuscate (verb) - to render unclear or obscure; to darken or throw into shadow [ob-fuh-skeyt]

BREAKDOWN: OB- (toward) + FUSC- (dark) + -ATE (make or do)

• obfuscation is the act of making something unclear or difficult to understand

“Social and political issues in general seem to me fairly simple; the effort to obfuscate them in esoteric and generally vacuous theory is one of the contributions of the intelligentsia to enhancing their own power and the power of those they serve.” —Noam Chomsky