boondled, adj. To have bounty cast upon one, or enjoy good fortune, at random.
The usage of this term was restricted to the English moors around the turn of the 21st century. First recorded in Mayor Matthew Vice's May Day address to constituents in the town of Pickering for the year 1887, the latest remaining usage appears in a letter from Bessie Smythers to her sister Anne, now held in the archives of the Museum of London:
...But finally the nag was sold at twice the price we bought her! The auctioneer really was most perturbed, but Archie had put in such work to get her to a saleable standard, and she still has two or three years' field work left in her, he says. Dearest Anne, I really cannot tell you how boondled we felt! I was near faint with glee...
The word was briefly resurrected by little known rapper Baby C, in verse three of his 1983 release, "F*ck L*ck":
Ain't won no lotto
So I'm gonna get blotto
Don't tell me I'm boondled
You f*ckin freak
Just turn up
(turn up, turn up)
Them funky beats
This, C's last single, vanished into obscurity immediately upon its release.
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