Words in the News - December 2018

The US senators have abdicated to the president and now hold nothing more than a temporary title.

So many Republican senators talk trash about Trump behind his back but hardly any will abrogate him.

He was a stubborn business man and would not acquiesce to any terms that were offered.

The president said he was not capitulating on his deal to build a border wall even though he did not shut down the government as he stated he would be proud to do.

The capricious girl destroyed the will of the determined boy.

Sherman Alexie and Lorrie Moore are contemperaneous authors.

It was a crude drawing.

A crude joke.

A crude draft of a website.

The president demurred to reporters when asked about his insufficient support for Puerto Rico after the hurricane.

We don't want to deracinate the kids so we will stay in our home a few more years.

More typically used in a derogatory manner, like when a group of people is deracinated by terrorists.

The couple could not get along and ultimately called it quits, they simply had disparate world views.

Trump’s economic team has too disparate views which makes it hard for investors to predict which way the markets may move.

The Trump Company's usage of 'Happy Holidays' in their holiday sales catalog is egregious considering Trump's campaign to return to 'Merry Christmas' greetings across government.

schadenfreude should always be used because people know what schadenfreude means. no one knows what epicaricacy means it makes you sound pretentious.

The child was impetuous, which made it difficult for him to gain friends at school.

Think... 'impulsive hot-head'

The intemperate man could not be around alcohol without developing a problem.

He was not really impulsive, so he wasn’t impetuous, but he was irascible and everyone knew not to mess with him.

The teen boy was laconic with his parents but loquacious with his friends.

The girl loped along behind her mother at the beach.

The teen girl was laconic with her parents but loquacious with her friends.

Trump’s ideas for how to stimulate the stock market are as mercurial as the day is long.

Headline from New York Times on Dec 31st: Trump Mollifies Lindsay Graham on Troop Withdrawal From Syria

Using technology to make quality of life better is still in its nascent stages, but the fact that it has started should be exciting for everyone.

The teacher's pet was so obsequious he was driving the teacher crazy.

The car salesman told me how great my clothes were, as if I didn't realize he was just being obsequious so I would buy a car off him. What a fool!

The boy was not really obtuse by nature he was just acting that way to get attention from the teacher.

This ostensibly could be the end of his presidency.

His constant ostentatious speeches are beginning to repulse the American public.

Think... like an ostrich, showy, trying to impress.

He was in no way impetuous, in fact, he was quite pensive.

No one likes a pretentious douche-bag. 

Someone using big words around uneducated people is pretentious. A group of smart people using big words is also a group of pretentious people.

Many of Trump’s supporters are only aware of China’s rapacious side and think all they want is to take all American companies and jobs.

My schadenfreude is a trait I wish to get rid of it. It ultimately leads to guilt, anyway.

I will not be subjugated by my parents, by my teachers or principals. I will never be diminished by authority!

The boy was shy, taciturn and though he did not make friends easily, he seemed content with his state of being.

We each have a tranche of the investment.

A ton of us are invested but I have the most tranches.

He seems to have so many tranches in different investigations it is hard to imagine him getting away scot free. 

two-Americas. This is a trope because there is one way America acts at home, and another way it acts internationally.

'the mad scientist'

a metaphor is a trope, but trope also can be more than just a metaphor.

Tokyo is aiming to have ubiquitous internet service.

Republicans believe the former government usurped the water ways in order to protect the environment.

Anger usurped euphoria after the coup.