After my last entry, I figured I needed some calming down; let’s have a bit of fun in this one. I haven’t posted a ‘words’ entry much to the delight of certain Board Members (who find them boring as all get-out).
Here’s some juicy ones I’ve been sucking on for a while; they are apropos for the times:
Apoplectic – overcomes with anger; extremely indignant
Cachinnate – to laugh loudly, immoderately, with sense this is irritating to others.
Expergefacotor – something that wakes you up.
Imprecation – a curse – a nasty one at that
Kakistocracy – a system of government run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous people.
Karoshi – death from working too much.
Roue – a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure (or) a connoisseur of rolling down grass hills.
Spurious – not genuine, authentic, or true; counterfeit.
Sequacious – (of a person) lacking independence or originality of thought.
Stelliferous – filled with stars; starry.
Thrall – a person in bondage; a slave.
and
Trump – (British slang) A fart. Not just any type but a loud and fetid one.
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June 18, 2018 at 1:23 PM
jefferyrn
A sequacious roue. Oh the thrall of it all.
June 18, 2018 at 3:11 PM
Urspo
lol clever
June 21, 2018 at 9:45 AM
Paul Brownsey
Which popular musical has a song that mentions roues?
June 21, 2018 at 10:03 AM
Urspo
cats. When in doubt the answer is Cats. Or Gypsy.
June 21, 2018 at 12:54 PM
Paul Brownsey
It’s “Sixteen, Going On Seventeen” from The Sound of Music:
“You are sixteen going on seventeen
Fellows will fall in line
Eager young lads and roues and cads
Will offer you food and wine
Totally unprepared are you
To face the world of men
Timid and shy and scared are you
Of things beyond your ken”
Did no-one say that to you when you were sixteen?
June 18, 2018 at 1:56 PM
truthspew
I know a few of those words. I’ve been apoplectic quite a few times in life.
June 18, 2018 at 3:11 PM
Urspo
I often find ‘new words’ only to discover most everyone else has heard of them and find them commonplace 🙂
June 18, 2018 at 2:48 PM
anne marie in philly
FUCK TRUMP! FUCK THE GOP! FUCK THE DEPLORABLES!
June 18, 2018 at 3:12 PM
Urspo
Tut you will blow a gasket. I wonder if there is a word related to karoshi about death by political overload?
June 18, 2018 at 3:38 PM
David
Trump makes me want to Trump, kind of like excess garlic.
June 18, 2018 at 8:27 PM
Urspo
That’s the original British term; I’m not making this up you know.
June 18, 2018 at 3:56 PM
mcpersonalspace54
I simply love and adore British slang!
June 18, 2018 at 8:27 PM
Urspo
manky; mardy; pillock; minging – lovely !
June 21, 2018 at 9:47 AM
Paul Brownsey
Scotland has some nice slang, too. How about “clatty” for “dirty”?–I remember a Glasgow nightclub called “Cleopatra’s” which was familiarly known as “Clatty Patty’s”.?
June 18, 2018 at 4:05 PM
catrina56
Kakistocracy: the good old U.S.A.
June 18, 2018 at 8:28 PM
Urspo
It sure feels like it
June 18, 2018 at 4:27 PM
John
Personalspace…has it
June 18, 2018 at 8:28 PM
Urspo
what is personalspace?
June 18, 2018 at 6:04 PM
Ravager619
I’ve heard the Trump one before. I may or may not have heard it after eating barbecued pork yesterday at my father’s place.
June 18, 2018 at 8:28 PM
Urspo
oh the pain
June 18, 2018 at 7:00 PM
larrymuffin
I always said you were an old Roué
June 18, 2018 at 8:29 PM
Urspo
and I always said you were a young voluptuary
June 18, 2018 at 7:23 PM
Ron
Splendid!
June 18, 2018 at 8:29 PM
Urspo
Indeed !
June 18, 2018 at 9:39 PM
Raybeard
7/12 this time. which is a bit better than I usually score.
Yes, in my circles some of these would be regarded as ‘commonplace’, though I’m sure others would be so in other people’s circles.
I’m surprised that hardly anyone refers to the alternative/slang meaning of ‘trump’, even over here. Perhaps it’s a case of trying to avoid being impolite though, God knows, in this case it could be well justified!
June 19, 2018 at 7:34 AM
Urspo
Yanks in general are fond/envious even of British words and slang. At heart we still long to be subjects of Her Majesty.
June 18, 2018 at 10:35 PM
wcs
At least a “fart” makes you feel better. Trump, on the other hand, always makes me feel worse. I feel bad for farts, being cursed with that name.
June 19, 2018 at 7:34 AM
Urspo
I wonder what thems in France feel about the fellow. For a while it looked like T and Macron were to be bosom-buddies. I think they have fallen apart now.
June 19, 2018 at 12:20 AM
mitchellismoving
Ew! Did someone just trump?!?
June 19, 2018 at 7:33 AM
Urspo
From what I read about the slang word, your sentence makes a good example.
June 19, 2018 at 6:30 AM
grapeswhiz
My favorite negative words: Malfeasant, malefactor, and miscreant (mostly picked up by watching Loony Tunes.) Also I use “shyster” a lot and “flim-flammery” and “chicanery.”
June 19, 2018 at 7:32 AM
Urspo
May I offer a fourth horse to your M apocalypse? Malapert.
June 19, 2018 at 7:54 AM
grapeswhiz
Oh, but I picked that up the other day upon reading your blog post. Yes, I looked up the definition and immediately added it to my arsenal, thanks you to. :o)
June 19, 2018 at 7:52 AM
WARPed
Are you trying to sound like George Will? lol!
-Andy
June 20, 2018 at 6:52 AM
Urspo
Dear me, I am not too fond of Mr. Will, who always seems to have a pained look to him. However, I do have similar bow ties
June 19, 2018 at 9:58 AM
Todd Gunther
Yes, we are truly living in a kakistocracy now!
June 20, 2018 at 6:51 AM
Urspo
sure feels like it