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- Mon Feb 21, 2022 3:13 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Maieutic
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3582
Maieutic
This is an odd word that I'd like to know more about.
- Mon Oct 25, 2021 9:47 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Pageant
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3029
Pageant
David Mamet, the playwright and screenwriter, has described presidential campaigns as pageants. And the old writer William Allen White wrote a book on the topic entitled "Masks in a Pageant". As a way of comparing one of our fundamental political processes to a beauty contest, I think this...
- Thu Jul 29, 2021 11:58 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Sortition
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3130
Sortition
Sortition, the idea of selecting political leaders by lottery, is being seriously discussed by an interesting minority of democratic theorists. In fact there will be a conference on this topic at Bard College this coming fall. It's an unfamiliar term and I think worthy of analysis as a Good Word.
- Tue May 25, 2021 11:12 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Brouhaha
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3377
Brouhaha
I hope it wouldn't create too much ado if this word, which I like, is selected as a Good Word.
- Wed May 05, 2021 11:33 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Nidus
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3662
Nidus
I know this is a medical term, but I'm sure the Doctor can suggest ways in which it could become handy in other contexts.
- Fri Nov 27, 2020 4:45 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Lustration
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2958
Lustration
This word is coming up in the newspapers lately. It's a new one to me. I offer it as suggested Word of the Day.
Frank
Frank
- Fri Nov 27, 2020 4:43 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Problematic
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3983
Problematic
According to my imperfect recollection, this word seems to have shifted its meaning over the years from "questionable" or "dubious" to definitely "wrong beyond question". I suggest that it merits discussion as a Word of the Day.
Frank Myers
Frank Myers
- Fri Aug 21, 2020 11:44 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Limbic
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3285
Limbic
In her New York Times column today (online) Michelle Goldberg has this sentence: "Shaggy, pretentious and endlessly cynical, Bannon presented himself as a man with a limbic connection to Trump’s base." I have always regarded "limbic" as a medical term. I think her use of it merit...
- Wed Jun 03, 2020 2:40 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Depravity
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5879
Depravity
Sometimes events in the public sphere bring this word to mind. This is one of those times, hence I recommend it as a GOOD WORD of the day.
Frank Myers
Frank Myers
- Mon Mar 16, 2020 5:53 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Good word suggestion: Hunker
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6965
Good word suggestion: Hunker
In today's news about the coronavirus we are all told to "hunker down". The word "hunker" seems strange. It rhymes with "clunky" and it's hard to grasp what this word has to do with isolation, although it seems to suggest crouching or even hiding. But even without under...
- Tue Jun 18, 2019 11:53 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Deterrence
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4556
Deterrence
The current confrontation with Iran brings to mind a word that was in frequent use during the Cold War: Deterrence. Perhaps the time is now ripe for it to be discussed in Word of the Day. I'd like to learn more about the history of this word.
- Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:30 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Smug
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4163
Smug
"Smug" is a good, short, punchy word that refers to a quality we should all avoid. I hope I'm not guilty of it when I assume that it would be a good topic for Word of the Day.
- Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:26 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Encroach
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3813
Encroach
"Encroach" occurred to me as a viable candidate for the Word of the Day when my next door neighbor began building a fence that veered into my back yard. I don't think that it's ever been discussed by you, so here it is.
- Wed May 16, 2018 11:55 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Word of the Day Suggestion: Debacle
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4233
Word of the Day Suggestion: Debacle
Dear Dr. Goodword,
Rudy Giuliani's recent foray into national television to defend Trump against the Stormy Daniels challenge brings to mind the word "debacle". If you haven't analyzed this word before, I suggest that it merits your attention now.
Rudy Giuliani's recent foray into national television to defend Trump against the Stormy Daniels challenge brings to mind the word "debacle". If you haven't analyzed this word before, I suggest that it merits your attention now.
- Sat Dec 02, 2017 11:49 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Harass
- Replies: 7
- Views: 23776
Harass
Dear Alpha Agora, I think now is the appropriate time for a discussion of the verb "harass" and the noun "harassment". It seems to be the word of the day and your wit and vast knowledge will make for most useful daily analysis. I suggest you devote a discussion to this word while...