Posted by
Jeevan Sivasubramaniam,
Managing Director, Editorial,
Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc.
Louis C.
Louis C.K.'s performance at the Beacon Theater was a downloadable bestseller boasting many millions of views. In this short segment, he speaks about American Indians and the early White settlers insistence upon using an inaccurate term to describe them even though they knew better.
Zoilist
Zoilist
(noun):
A person who thoroughly enjoys finding fault with others or in things around him or her.Say the word out loud to yourself now that you know the meaning and see how many people...
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Jumentous
Jumentous: Pronounced
/d Š’u ‹ ‹Ë†m ‰-nt ‰â„¢s/: Smelling distinctly like horse urine.
Why someone saw fit to create a word that specifically identified horse urine when even humans don't...
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Blesiloquent
Blesiloquent: To speak with a stutter or a lispWas it just a cruel twist of fate that this word would be a challenge to pronounce for those who have a lisp or a stutter?
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Bever
Bever (noun): A snack between meals."The problem with bevers is that they end up containing more calories than meals."
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Jiffle
Jiffle (verb): To fidget or shuffle restlesslyAn easy word to remember because it sounds like a combination of the words "fidget" and shuffle."
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