During standing watch in dry dock in the engine room, I would go through the big thick dictionary with pictures. It was the only reading material allowed besides technical manuals and stuff to take the promotion exams.

I think I increased my vocabulary that way.

....one of Granny's favorite terms of derision for the terminally unchangable :

nin·com·poop
ˈniNGkəmˌpo͞op/
noun
noun: nincompoop; plural noun: nincompoops

a foolish or stupid person.

Example: recent WaPo reporter interviewed on Tucker Carlson program.

folderol fol·de·rol \ˈfäl-də-ˌräl\
noun
1: a useless ornament or accessory : trifle
2: nonsense : foolish language, behavior, or ideas

Deliver
My doctor told me to cut back on the tequila because it is bad on deliver

Wheelchair
Juan and I only have one taco, but it's ok wheelchair

Pasteurize
That ND was a close call. The bullet whizzed right pasteurize.

Self Immolation

self-im·mo·la·tion
ˈˌself ˌiməˈlāSHən/
noun

the offering of oneself as a sacrifice, especially by burning; such suicidal action in the name of a cause or strongly held belief.

Ex: Self immolation is something I wish more people would engage in, that or defenestration, particularly those callow, scrofulous nincompoops who are prone to puerile behavior borne of bovarism.

The budding official SIGforum quadringenarious quaesitum.

Where the world can, one day, find four hundred of something sought for; knowledge of true value.

Great idea.

I know it's kind of weird, but I keep a list of "cool" words and try to find ways to introduce them into business correspondence.

English is such a great language. I mean why say "I've got two guys in front of me" when you could say "I'm in the antepenultimate position"?

Procrustean

\proh-KRUHS-tee-uh n\ adjective

1. tending to produce conformity by violent or arbitrary means.

2. (initial capital letter) pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.

Quotes
A procrustean system or plan forces individuals--no matter how different they may be--to fit the same mold or to conform to a single type or pattern.

Being introduced to so many new words bumfuzzles me.

cal·li·pyg·i·an
ˌkaləˈpijēən/
adjective
having well-shaped buttocks.

Heard this one recently:

bi·fur·ca·tion
ˌbīfərˈkāSHən

noun

The division of something into two branches or parts.
"The bifurcation of the profession into social do-gooders and self-serving iconoclasts."

Either of two branches into which something divides.
plural noun: bifurcations
"Right aortic bifurcation nodes were seen."

One that I learned a few months ago that is apt for current discussions and events...Bolshie

The bolshie bastards left over from the Obama administration that are still in DC need to be weeded out from the ranks.

Bol·shie
ˈbōlSHē/
noun BRITISH informal
1.
a Bolshevik or socialist.

adjective BRITISH informal dated
1.
(of a person or attitude) deliberately combative or uncooperative.
"policemen with bolshie attitudes"

quote:

Originally posted by HRK:
Careful EXX you could become a logophile

Or even a philologist.

quote:

Originally posted by jhe888:

quote:

Originally posted by HRK:
Careful EXX you could become a logophile

Or even a philologist.

yeah he might become a cunning linguist....

discombobulate

discombobulating.

to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate:

Handy for today's collection of combative headstrong and belligerent political wankers:

pu·sil·lan·i·mous
ˌpyo͞osəˈlanəməs/

adjective: pusillanimous

showing a lack of courage or determination; timid.
synonyms: timid, timorous, cowardly, fearful, faint-hearted, lily-livered, spineless, craven, shrinking

on·a·ger
ˈänəjər,ˈônəjər/
noun
noun: onager; plural noun: onagers

an animal of a race of the Asian wild ass native to northern Iran.

As in :
Remaining devoid of Constitutional facts or knowledge of political history, the WH press corps betrayed their vow to avoid acting like pusillanimous onagers.

Syzygy...
When the moon is in the Seventh House

And Jupiter aligns with Mars

Then peace will guide the planets

And love will steer the stars…

cagmag


Definition of cagmag
plural -s

1
dialectal, England : inferior meat

2
dialectal, England : something inferior

3
Definitely not Sig

Blatherer one who runs their mouth about meaningless things.

Blatherskite that person is a blatherskite.

wallydrag


noun, Scot.
1.
a feeble, dwarfed animal or person.
Reckling and wallydrag are both names for the runt of a litter.