Just rollicking through Merriam-Webster's nice new 12th Edition "Collegiate Dictionary" (2026). One addition: fun little word lists. Some from "Rare and Amusing Insults" could come in handy taxonomizing the denizens of the current regime…

blatherskite: a person who talks foolishly
cockalorum: a boastful & self-important person
lickspittle: a fawning subordinate
loblolly: an awkward brutish person
poltroon: a spiritless coward
snollygoster: a shrewd, unprincipled person

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NOW PLAYING == A Way with Words with Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett 5/11/26: Match Game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NV5XiPq7so

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"The Most Beautiful Words, According to Our Editors"

https://wordsmarts.com/most-beautiful-words/

I'm going to take a guess and say that words like "constipation", "castration", "eviscerate", "foreclosure", and "toxicity" didn't make the list. Go figure!

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