ASF Word of the Day

[Dona Ferentes]

allision
noun

1. the action of dashing against or striking upon.
2. the running of one ship upon another ship that is stationary. distinguished from collision

 

[Dona Ferentes]

febrile
adjective

1. having or showing the symptoms of a fever.
2. characterized by a great deal of nervous excitement or energy.
   

 

[Dona Ferentes]

meretricious
adjective

1. apparently attractive but having no real value
2. archaic . relating to or characteristic of a prostitute.

 

[Dona Ferentes]

claque
noun

1. a group of sycophantic followers.
   
   
2. a group of people hired to applaud (or heckle) a performer or public speaker.

 

[Dona Ferentes]

 clique
noun

1. a small close-knit group of people who do not readily allow others to join them.

 

[Dona Ferentes]

cabal
noun

1. a secret political clique or faction

 

[Dona Ferentes]

coterie
noun

1. a small group of people with shared interests or tastes, especially one that is exclusive of other people

 

[Dona Ferentes]

camarilla

noun. rare

1. a small group of people, especially a group of advisers to a ruler or politician, with a shared purpose

 

[IFocus]

Misogynoir

mi·sog·y·noir mə-ˌsä-jə-ˈnwär. : hatred of, aversion to, or prejudice against Black women.

 

[Dona Ferentes]

Maelstrom

noun

1. a powerful whirlpool in the sea or a river
2. a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides) .
3. a situation or state of confused movement or violent turmoil

Maelstrom comes from an obsolete Dutch phrase meaning "whirling stream."

It has been incorporated into Danish, Swedish and Norwegian and now English

 

[Dona Ferentes]

obloquy
noun

1. strong public condemnation.
2. disgrace, especially that brought about by public condemnation

 

[Dona Ferentes]

fatidic
adjective
(rare)

1. having a prophetic quality

 

[Dona Ferentes]

checkmate

Origin
Middle English:
from Old French eschec mat,
from Arabic šāh māta,
from Persian šāh māt ...‘the king is dead’

 

[frugal.rock]

Advanced english

 

[farmerge]

Advanced english

Perhaps mouthy I would assume.
Though i used to work with a bloke whose surname was Gobbgy.

 

[Dona Ferentes]

involution
noun

1. Physiology
   the shrinkage of an organ in old age or when inactive, e.g. of the  uterus after childbirth
   
   
2. Mathematics
   a function, transformation, or operator that is equal to its inverse, i.e. which gives the identity when applied to itself.
   
   
3. the process of complicating something, or the state of being complicated

 

[Dona Ferentes]

histrionic
noun

plural noun: histrionics

melodramatic behaviour designed to attract attention.


Similar:
drama
theatrics
tantrums
affectation
staginess
artificiality
unnaturalness

 

[Knobby22]

histrionic
noun

plural noun: histrionics

melodramatic behaviour designed to attract attention.


Similar:
drama
theatrics
tantrums
affectation
staginess
artificiality
unnaturalness

Far more prevalent in recent times.

 

[Dona Ferentes]

rodomontade
 noun

ˌrä-də-mən-ˈtād

(as in rhetoric)
1. boastful speech or writing
2. vain boasting or bluster

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

histrionic
noun

plural noun: histrionics

melodramatic behaviour designed to attract attention.


Similar:
drama
theatrics
tantrums
affectation
staginess
artificiality
unnaturalness

The etymology of histrionics is very interesting. It is often mistakenly construed as being related to women but in fact was used by the Romans for "actors" who borrowed it from the Etruscans before them and never gave it back.

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