Word of the Day: Obfuscate

[Aunt Marg]

Obfuscate: render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible
"the spelling changes will deform some familiar words and obfuscate their etymological origins"

bewilder someone
"it is more likely to obfuscate people than enlighten them"

My husband is famous for enjoying to obfuscate others in conversation.

 

[Matrix]

Programmers often obfuscate their code to make reverse engineering much more difficult.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Programmers often obfuscate their code to make reverse engineering much more difficult.

Good one, Matrix!

 

[Kaila]

Sometimes I tend to use too many words to explain something,
which only serves to obfuscate my meaning.