Bamboozled lately ?

Indeed you have been if you've done any of the following:

• paid taxes
• are married
• have proceated
• bought a non-winning lottery ticket
• looked at pornography
• called Ms. Cleo to find out your future
• voted for Dubya
• watch American Idol
  

What is bamboozled, what a funny word you might say ...

bam·boo·zle /bæmˈbuzəl/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[bam-boo-zuhl] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, -zled, -zling.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery, flattery, or the like; humbug; hoodwink (often fol. by into): They bamboozled us into joining the club.

2.	to perplex; mystify.

3.	to practice trickery, deception, cozenage, or the like.

[Origin: 1695–1705; orig. uncert.]
—Related forms

bam·boo·zle·ment, noun

bam·boo·zler, noun

—Synonyms 1. gyp, dupe, trick, cheat, swindle.


Ha-Ha, you've been bamboozled!