Contumacious

adjective
(especially of a defendant's behavior) stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority.

I just learned this today reading sdy's post re:House Oversight Committee Chaiman's action.

con·com·i·tant

kənˈkämədənt/

noun: concomitant; plural noun: concomitants

1. a phenomenon that naturally accompanies or follows something.

Cavalcade
ka-vəl-ˈkād

1a: a procession of riders or carriages
b: a procession of vehicles or ships

2: a dramatic sequence or procession

Related--aquacade: a water spectacle that consists usually of exhibitions of swimming and diving with musical accompaniment.

Some of these early entries are simply Buckleyesque!

Buckleyesque: Named for William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925-2008). 1) (adj.) of having an extrordinarily large vocabulary, frequently using sentences with words that are both obscure and exceedingly descriptive. 2) (pronoun var.) being outdone in an intellectual discussion through the use of large words. Ex: "Clarence was winning the argument until Winthrop 'Buckleyed' him with a barrage of predicate nomnatives and sent him reeling."

newspeak \NOO-speek, NYOO-\
noun
1. (sometimes initial capital letter) an official or semiofficial style of writing or saying one thing in the guise of its opposite, especially in order to serve a political or ideological cause while pretending to be objective, as in referring to “increased taxation” as “revenue enhancement.”

lo·gom·a·chy
lōˈɡäməkē/
nounrare
an argument about words.

nefarious. An adjective. Imoral. Unspeakbly wicked acts. One of my favorite words to describe myself. LOL!

borborygmus - the sounds your belly/intestines make - yo belly be rumbling!

RMD

Steatopygia. Having substantial fat deposits on the thighs and buttocks.

Apoplectic

See liberal

meridional circumference

bless (v): to excise and cast on the floor

Example: Well bless her heart!

avuncular (adj) : friendly to a younger or less experienced person

Example: He hailed from West Virginia and was very avuncular, but especially so to his 14-year-old niece.

stump-broke (n) : (ask somebody from Texas who owns a mule)

Example: It turned out to be not the best idea I ever had to ask Tiny if his girlfriend was stump-broke yet.

ob·strep·er·ous
əbˈstrepərəs
adjective
noisy and difficult to control.

quote:

Originally posted by jhe888:
... The Dems nuked the filibuster on lower court appointments because they could, and because the Republicans were being obstreperous ...

Octothorp. Here's one: #