Turpidity

So anyway, I was trying to come up with a name for this blog. Turpin, Turpins, The Turpins and good old Turps had all been taken, as had Turnips for that matter. I've always assumed the name comes from the Latin turpis, meaning disgraceful. That's where "Turpitude" comes from - anything done contrary to justice, honesty, modesty or good morals. But then again, some say that the name comes from an Anglo-Norman French form of the Old Norse personal name þórfinnr, composed of the elements þórr, the name of the god of thunder in Scandinavian mythology (see Thor) + the ethnic name Finnr'Finn'. Our claim to fame is that the name was borne by the Archbishop of Rheims in the Charlemagne legend - when it was probably chosen as one of the self-abasing names adopted as a mark of humility by the early Christians. For more on this fascinating subject see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turpin
Anyway, "Turpidity" is also derived from turpis as in the concept of someone displaying moral turpidity. However, turpidity is also used to describe water which is muddy, thick or unclear. In this sense, it's really a corruption of "turbidity", from the latin turbidus, meaning unclear, confused and disordered - and not to be confused with turgidus, meaning swollen - or, in the context of language -pompous, overblown, and grandiloquent.
So there we have it. A new blog which may, over time, express thoughts and views ranging from the humble to the grandiloquent. Clear as mud eh?