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Use It in a Sentence: mumpsimus

The word comes from a story of an old monk who misrecited a Latin phrase in Mass and stubbornly kept doing it after correction; it's still catching on.

On air: Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock on The Midday Show
Published 12:43 PM ET, Friday, October 16, 2026

At a glance

First reported by en.wiktionary.org: “mumpsimus”.
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 12:43 PM ET on The Midday Show, by Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock.

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What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOur word is mumpsimus. Mump. Sih. Mus. It means an obvious mistake someone keeps making even after being corrected.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIn a sentence: Brock's umbrella forecast is a mumpsimus, and it has been wrong again.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOh, I love it. Mumpsimus is from some monk who kept mispronouncing Latin in Mass and refused to fix it. Classic stubborn move.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat is not what it means.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRight, so he just kept saying the wrong thing over and over. That tracks with like ninety percent of the people I know.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI was corrected a minute ago, and you just did the thing. That was a mumpsimus.