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Thursday, January 20, 2005
The Word of the Day
I'm sure most of you remember four years ago when the MSM was all atwitter with a new word- "gravitas." Do you remember? Supposedly, President Bush lacked "gravitas"- a serious or dignified demeanor. He lacked a certain weightiness, according to the pundits. (In all honesty, I think the DNC just went through their thesaurus, looking for a "big" word that Average Joe wouldn't know, but would be too embarrassed to look it up, in order to insult President Bush without sounding bitter.)
Well... the MSM has pulled a new word out of their Insult Bag. This term's word is "hubris." Go ahead... look it up... I'll wait...
You're back? So, now you know that "hubris" means "overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance."
The pundits couldn't say "Dang, that W sure is an arrogant SOB." That would have been... gauche. So, they hide their petty insults in lofty words, hoping their maladroit and nescient postulations would somehow seem polished and enlightened.
Too bad it just makes them look pedomorphic and mordant. (See? I can use a thesaurus, too.)
Well... the MSM has pulled a new word out of their Insult Bag. This term's word is "hubris." Go ahead... look it up... I'll wait...
You're back? So, now you know that "hubris" means "overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance."
The pundits couldn't say "Dang, that W sure is an arrogant SOB." That would have been... gauche. So, they hide their petty insults in lofty words, hoping their maladroit and nescient postulations would somehow seem polished and enlightened.
Too bad it just makes them look pedomorphic and mordant. (See? I can use a thesaurus, too.)
