It comes from pettifogger, which refers to a sketchy lawyer, a novice who pretends to know all, or someone who quibbles over small things. PettifoggeryĪ synonym for chicanery, the word pettifoggery originated in the mid-17th century. French in origin, it’s also the title of an episode of Better Call Saul-fitting for a show about a scammy lawyer. This 16th-century word refers to quibbling or trickery, especially in a legal context. The city she founded would become Carthage, one of the most influential metropolises of the ancient world. Clever Dido had the hide cut into strips so it stretched around an important hill (later known as Byrsa, Greek for “hide”). Legend says she asked a local ruler, King Iarbas, for some land, and he agreed to give the amount that could be covered in a bull’s hide. While the official origin of the word is unknown, the Online Etymology Dictionary speculates it could come from the story of the mythical Queen Dido. From the early 19th to the early 20th centuries, dido was an American slang term for a prank or caper.

While the noun form fell out of use in the early 20th century, the verb meaning “to frolic or play about” still seems to be around. This dialect word from northern England refers to a flirty glance or playful gesture as well as a prank. slang term was used in the latter half of the 19th century and probably comes from “the observation that opossums and raccoons often hide in a sweet-gum tree when hunted,” according to Merriam-Webster. If you try the gum-game on someone, you’re trying to cheat or trick them. This Scots term refers to both “a witch’s trick” (a.k.a., a spell or charm) and a playfully mischievous one, according to the OED. ( Capro may also give us the fickle-minded capricious.) These days, capriccio is more commonly used as a musical term meaning “lively in manner.” 3. Italian in origin, capriccio may ultimately come from capro, or “goat,” referring to the way the animal skips around. “Candy or capriccio!” kids might be saying today if the trick sense of this word had stuck around. The exact origin of the word, which became popular in the mid-1700s, is unknown, according to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Humbugīefore humbug was Ebenezer Scrooge’s catchphrase, it meant a hoax or trick. 1999 282(16):1561-1567.Tricks aren’t just for kids anymore-nor are trick words! Here are 11 old-timey words for pranks and capers, perfect for when you’re feeling curmudgeonly about Halloween revelers knocking on your door for treats.

Reducing children's television viewing to prevent obesity: a randomized controlled trial. Effects of screentime on the health and well-being of children and adolescents: a systematic review of reviews. Adverse physiological and psychological effects of screen time on children and adolescents: literature review and case study. Children and adolescents and digital media. Ĭhassiakos YR, Radesky J, Christakis D, et al. Childhood and adolescent obesity in the United States: a public health concern. Sanyaolu A, Okorie C, Qi X, Locke J, Rehman S. Screen time is prospectively associated with a higher BMI percentile 1 year later among children 9-10 years old.Īdolescents body mass index obesity paediatrics screen time smart phone social media television weight. When examining specific screen time behaviours, each additional hour of texting (B = 0.92, 95% CI 0.29-1.55), video chat (B = 0.72, 95% CI 0.09-1.36) and video games (B = 0.42, 95% CI 0.06-0.78) was significantly prospectively associated with higher BMI percentile. Multiple linear regression analyses were conducted to estimate associations between baseline screen time behaviours (exposure) and BMI percentile at 1-year follow-up, adjusting for race/ethnicity, sex, household income, parent education, depression, binge-eating disorder and baseline BMI percentile.Įach additional hour of total screen time per day was prospectively associated with a 0.22 higher BMI percentile at 1-year follow-up (95% CI 0.10-0.34) after adjusting for covariates. We analyzed prospective cohort data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study (N = 11 066). The objective of this study was to determine the prospective associations between screen time behaviours in a large and demographically diverse population-based cohort of 9-10-year-old children and BMI percentile at 1-year follow-up. There is a paucity of prospective research exploring the relationship among contemporary screen time modalities (e.g., video streaming, video chatting, texting and social networking) and body mass index (BMI) percentile.

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