cahoot

Pronounced: kuh-HOOT, noun

Notes: It is more common to see this word in plural

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Yesterday’s word

The word gallionic means “indifferent; uncaring”

First usage

Our word came into English in the 1920s

Background / Comments

Our word is named after Gallio, who crops up in the Bible – regarding him, it is written in Acts chapter 18: And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat, saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law. And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you: But if [since] it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters. And he drave them from the judgment seat. Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things. (Note: I added the word in square brackets). Thus, his name came to refer to his actions of being uncaring.