Cozen

Word of the Day Thursday, March 18, 2010

cozen

\KUZ-un\ , transitive verb;

1. To cheat; to defraud; to deceive, usually by petty tricks.
2. To obtain by deceit.

intransitive verb:
1. To act deceitfully.

It wasn't like she had tried to lie about it. It had been an unfortunate misunderstanding not a cozen act of betrayal. The thing was, she just hadn't been hit on by a man in a really long time. When he had asked her if she would like to get something to eat, and she had uncertainly babbled, "Um….okay…." she had envisioned the three of them out to dinner and was still mentally hung up on how awkward that would be.

Now, oh christ, now what had she gotten herself into? Why couldn't she just suck it up and tell him, "Um, oops. You know when I told you I was interested in dinner? Um, what I actually meant was I"m sort of married?"

Although that made her sound like an idiot, and she couldn't have the cute guy thinking she was an idiot.