I wish I had the words to describe the exceptional man that was Sean Lock. But today I don’t, and I think he might have liked it that way.
Susie Dent
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Susie Dent
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Joined November 2014
- Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.
- Word of the day is ‘ingordigiousness’: extreme greed; an insatiable desire for wealth at any cost.
- Word of the day is 'maw-worm' (19th century): one who insists that they have done nothing wrong, despite evidence to the contrary.
- Word of the day is ‘sparple’ (14th century): to deflect unwanted attention from one thing by making a big deal of another.
- Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something unpleasant after a period of relief.
- Word of the day is ‘malversation’ (16th century): the corrupt administration of power.
- While Toilet Duck and Dettol are trending, here's a reminder of the word 'ultracrepidarian': one who consistently offers opinions and advice on subjects way beyond their understanding.
- Word of the day is 'filipendulous' (19th century): hanging by a thread.
- Hearing on @bbc5live how a Ukrainian woman and her 8-year-old daughter slept rough for 4 days and nights in freezing temperatures to cross the Polish border, only to be refused entry to the UK at Calais. Compassion is not complex.
- Word of the day is ‘circumlocutionist’: one who consistently speaks in a roundabout way in order to avoid addressing a question directly.
- Word of the day is ‘spuddle’ (17th century): to work ineffectively; to be extremely busy whilst achieving absolutely nothing.
- Word of the Day is 'snollygoster' (19th century, US): one who abandons all integrity in favour of power.
- Word of the day is 'sequaciousness' (17th century): the blinkered, unreasoning, and slavish following of another, no matter where it leads.