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In reply to the discussion: Minority Leader Schumer Called It "Perfidy." [View all]magicarpet
(18,469 posts)Some people hate words because the word is brand new to their vocabulary, irregardless of how appropriate and especially how memorable that new word may be to the standard and common lexicon. Some people just hate new stuff ~~~ like ~~~ new knowledge~~~or enhancing their vocabularies with new words. Intelligence and thinking are both hard work, and to some it is questionable whether the extra effort is really worth it.
The great and exalted leader of North Korea served one up on a silver platter to His Highness of Orange not too long ago. That word will never fade from the pages of history because many had to run to their Merriam-Webster Dictionaries to to decipher the meaning.
D-O-T-A-R-D.
Oh boy did that new word/hammer hit the nail right on the head and drove the nail home.