Logophile's Daily Fix - Overdose

I know, I've once again been lax in my blogging in relation to these posts. Not to fear though, I'll be posting three words today to make up for Sunday and Monday. While I realize this may be somewhat of an overload, even compared to the last double dose, simply think of it as building up your tolerance for bigger doses. If you think this might be too much, you can always just read the first word and then wait a day to come back for the other two. Remember, only you can prevent overdoses.

The first word reminds me of reading pirate tales in my youth. Unfortunately, this grand word has faded from the common lexicon. Perhaps, someday, it will rise again from the ashes of R'lyeh[1]. Without further ado (not that there was much to begin with), that word of ancient epochs is skullduggery! It means:

1. dishonorable proceedings; mean dishonesty or trickery: bribery, graft, and other such skulduggery.
2. an instance of dishonest or deceitful behavior; trick.
Also, skullduggery, sculduggery, scullduggery.

[Origin: 1705–15, Americanism; var. of sculduddery, orig. Scots: fornication, obscenity?]

As you can see, it has many spellings, but my favorite has always been the version that contains a skull.

The next word, another gem long forgotten, is gimcrackery. It means:

1. cheap, showy, useless trifles, ornaments, trinkets, etc.
2. obvious or contrived effects, esp. in art, music, literature, etc.
[Origin: 1770–80; gimcrack + -ery]

Finally, I'll end this triple entry with another interesting word often unheard in conversation, gadabout:

1. a person who moves about restlessly or aimlessly, esp. from one social activity to another.
2. a person who travels often or to many different places, esp. for pleasure.
[Origin: 1810–20; n. use of v. phrase gad about]

Is it possible to use all of these interesting words in one sentence? Lol. It must be, but if you do I doubt anyone will understand you. For instance: Bob, after receiving a gimcrack degree due to the skullduggery of a traveling salesman, decided to become a gadabout, traveling around Europe. Now that didn't sound forced at all right?