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If you want to see where you are in line for the vaccine!
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/03/opinion/covid-19-vaccine-timeline.html
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An ultracrepidarian (19th century) is one who consistently holds forth on a subject they know nothing about.
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Word of the day is 'braggadocio' (16th century): an empty boaster and strutting swaggerer. Also used for the bluster and bombast they produce.
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Word of the day is ‘bloviator’ (19th century): a speaker of empty rhetoric and blower of hot air; someone who talks a lot but says very little.
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Word of the day:
throttlebottom: an inept person in public office
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Word of the day is 'autolatry': self-worship; placing oneself at the centre of the universe in every situation (any person doing so is an 'autolater').
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Word of the day is 'huff-snuff' (16th century): 'a conceited fellow who gives himself airs and is quick to take offence'.
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what·a·bout·ism
ˌ(h)wədəˈboudizəm
BRITISH
the technique or practice of responding to an accusation or difficult question by making a counteraccusation or raising a different issue.
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Word of the day is ‘spuddle’ (19th-century dialect): to be uselessly busy; to fuss about whilst achieving little or nothing.
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2 words today:
throttlebottom: an inept person in public office.
clamjamphrie: spoken nonsense
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Word of the day is ‘tergiversation’ [terdg-i-versation]: the making of conflicting statements, or the switching from one principle to another through a constant changing of mind
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Word of the day is 'balatronic', a rare 19th-century word meaning 'like a buffoon'
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Cockalorum (18th century): a strutting, self-important individual. (There’s also pavonise: to preen like a peacock).
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Word of the Day: KAKORRHAPHIOPHOBIA–an intense fear of failure.
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snollygoster (19th century): an unprincipled individual who is driven entirely by political gain.
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smellfungus (18th century): a grumbler, faultfinder, or one who likes to shift the blame for their own mistakes onto someone else.
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Word of the day is cacafuego [caka-fwaygo]: a blustering, swaggering braggart; a spitfire. From the Spanish for ‘fire-shitter’.
Named after a prize 16th-century galleon, captured by Sir Francis Drake despite its apparently impressive armoury.
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Clay tweet:
I don't have it. Someone over at @includingkids has it. Nag them about it.
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10 minutes ago, Mik4clay said:
Baker Mayfield, Kirk Cousins.. who’s cuter? I take football seriously.. but sometimes that has to be the tie breaker 😁🏈 (Your team has a better record than mine!)
merrieeee, you may have something there w/ that word.. only we need to change it to Trumpsimus!
This year they do but things never end well for them! I’m not a huge fan since I was banned from watching their games, by my hubby, because whenever I watched they always lost. To keep the marriage sane I neglected to mention that they always lost even when I was not watching! Actually it’s a good team to be a fan of.....you can never be disappointed!
I was at the first Monday Night Football game ever televised. I’d been in the country just a little while and knew nothing about American football but I did like the hot dogs, which I’d never had before!
How the Heck are We All Gonna Get Along? With Clay, Naturally!
in Let's Talk About Clay
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Well, in the 18th century, 'trumpery' described something 'of little or no value; trifling, paltry, insignificant; worthless, rubbishy, trashy'.