Tag: Tirebiter for Political Solutions Committee

– Definition: adj. intense and impassioned
– Used in a sentence: The perfervid activists had trouble with their blood pressure.
– Why: There is something attractive about a three-syllable word replacing a three-word phrase. (Maybe it’s the concisifier in me.)

– Definition: noun a self-righteously moralistic person who behaves as if superior to others.
– Used in a sentence: Scratch a prig, find a hypocrite.
– Why: To name a thing is to control it — either by voting it out of office, or changing the channel.

– Definition: adj.; chiefly British chaotic, disorganized, or mismanaged.
– Used in a sentence: Our political and cultural landscapes have become shambolic as all get-out.
– Why: Because we need a more polite (and adjectival) descriptor than… those in current usage.

– Definition: v., archaic used to indicate that one believes something is probable.

– Used in a sentence: I daresay we need to get out the vote this November, or all will be lost.

– Why: You could always and instead use the more commonplace “suppose,” I suppose, but why be common? Flex those archaisms and focus your listeners’ attention!

– Definition: n. A government established by seizure, utilizing force or deceit, with rule maintained by strength.

– Used in a sentence: One side effect of social-media-as-lie-amplifiers is that they can more easily enable a kratocracy.

– Why: Please, God* and fellow citizens: Let it not be so.

– Definition: v. to entice or induce by guile or flattery
– Used in a sentence: Demagogues often use exceptionalism to inveigle their would-be followers.
– Why: It is something so pervasive that critical-thinking skills should be taught beginning in kindergarten.