http://wordie.org/words/scamble Comments for the word 'Scamble' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/scamble#comments Surprisingly, this is actually a word! OED says "A scramble, confused struggle" for the noun form; for the verb form, "To struggle with others for money, fruit, <a href="/words/sweetmeat">sweetmeat</a>s, etc. lying on the ground or thrown to a crowd; hence, to struggle in an <a href="/words/indecorous">indecorous</a> and <a href="/words/rapacious">rapacious</a> manner in order to obtain something." So your thwartmanteau is pretty close, uselessness. :-) Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:51:40 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/scamble#comments http://wordie.org/words/scamble#comments <em>noun.</em> The overconfident stride of a man who wants to take your money. Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:26:33 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/scamble#comments