OK – I'll give this etymology game one more go but I'm changing the rules we play by.

The word for your faux etymologies is

flabbergast

The meaning is to surprise or shock. It's most often heard as the adjective “flabbergasted” meaning so shocked that you are completely lost for words.

Its true etymology is unknown.

The game is this.

Send me a fake etymology for the word.

You are not aiming to convince people that your etymology is true. They know it isnt, I just told them.
You are aiming for the most outrageous, preposterous, creative etymology you can devise.

The aim is to make people laugh. The aim is to produce something silly and ridiculous.

The judge is me.

Have it it.

Incidentally - a question for board software experts. I cut and paste the above from a word document - some of my apostrophes it replaced with apostrophe-space and some of my apostrophes it deleted altogether. Any idea why?

You have mine. Aren't you flabbergasted?

Thanks Geoff.
I'm hoping this way of playing the game, where imaginations can roam free and linguistic plausability isn't an issue will encourage more people to play.

Let's hope it works!

I don't know why this game never works but it never works.

So far I have p[recisely three entries from two people.

Come on - make up a silly etymology and PM me with it.
It's a chance to showcase your comedic talents.

But, Bob, just think how great your limerick game has been. That was your idea, and it has hung on so nicely. The same goes for your Bluffing Game, Geoff.

I'll post the couple I have tomorrow as I'm going to be away for a week from Friday.