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Sorry about the two-day delay. This week we'll present some high-class insults with which to baffle your foes. troglodyte – 1. a cave-dweller 2. one who is reclusive, reactionary, out of date, or brutish [from the Greek name of an Ethiopian people, influenced by trogle ‘hole’]
– T.C. Boyle, The Tortilla Curtain | ||
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excerebrose – brainless; having no brain
– Chris Noon, Lexis Nexis Exec Admits Hackers Took Control Of Database, Forbes, 03.10.05 | |||
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Two rather archaic words: recreant – 1. abjectly cowardly 2. disloyal (noun: a recreant person) poltroon – an utter coward [Italian, perhaps from poltro ‘lazy’]
– J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings I also remember a short storry … about the recreant son of an old family who recovered his courage and vindicated his tarnished honor … – Thomas Wolfe, You Can't Go Home Again Go back to your seat, you omadhaun, you poltroon, you thing from the far dark corner of a bog. – Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes: A Memoir omadhaun – a fool, an idiot, a mentally backward person [Irish] | |||
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subdolous - sly; crafty; cunning Today's quote is enjoyable, but query whether it uses the word correctly.
– San Mateo, California Times, Jan. 6, 1945 | |||
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He was being sly, cunning, crafty, and ... artful. Well, whether or not he was artful is a matter of opinion. No? subdolous. | |||
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He probably wanted to get the hacks running for their dictionaries to look up "excrescence". Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life. | |||
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I think my vote still goes to troglodyte as the best word of this kind. It feels so good rolling around in my mouth when I'm feeling uppity. ******* "Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. ~Dalai Lama | |||
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benighted – ignorant or unenlightened
– Robert P. George and David L. Tubbs, National Review, July 18, 2005 There was a young man so benighted, He didn't know when he was slighted. He went to a party And ate just as hearty As if he'd been really invited. slubberdegullion – a slobbering or dirty fellow; a worthless sloven | |||
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