Zk Flashcards
(33 cards)
Benthamite
Jeremy Bentham= founder of Utilitarianism = good things useful, bad things not useful, that which satisfies the most people is proper
Our amoral world is replete with Benthamites.
disjunction
a disconnection either logical, rhetorical, or written
Logical disjunctions seem to be AOC’s strength.
rectitude
moral correctness
Ovid…”A mind conscious of its rectitude, laughs at the lies of rumors.
frabjous
magnificent
“Oh frabjous day…Calloo! Callay!
He shouted in his Joy.”
saturnalia
Out of control partying
The quintessential saturnalia is South Beach Spring Break.
scabrous
improper and salacious
A scabrous Saturnalia played out at South Beach Spring Break this year requiring a dedicated brigade of policemen and 8pm curfews.
excogitation
something hastily and erroneously thought up
Roe vs Wade’s excogitation of “privacy” as “liberty” in the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is a judicial stretch.
arbiter elegantiae
a person who rules on what is decorous and fashionable
After seeing the epicene freaks at the Men’s Fashion show in Paris, I must conclude that the responsible arbiters elegantiae should be summarily shot.
lepidopterist
one who studies butterflies and moths
The lepidopterist’s jaw dropped at the flutter of Miami Blue’s not seen since Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
encomium
a formal expression of praise
Encomium’s abound for deGrasse, but he has published nothing of significance in the world of physics, other than renaming Pluto as a dwarf planet.
sobriquet
a nickname
My sobriquet in Water Polo was Shamus, due to my defensive prowess.
perennial
lasting for an indefinite amount of time
Jacqeuline Smith’s perennial beauty will never fade.
ormolu
Gold leaf
Trump’s house is entirely gilded in ormolu.
drook
to drench to the point of drowning
Fred and I drove the Toyota through drooked Key West.
concordat
an agreement between a religious body and a government
Hitler quickly violated the concordat with the Catholic Church.
apace
swlftly
After the thunder the rain followed apace.
isocracy
a government where each member has an equal vote without hierarchy or ruling class
Student councils are elected by the isocracy of its attendant students.
schroff
to test the purity of gold or silver in a coin
The jury schroffed the witness and found him to be false.
stultify
to make something useless and ineffective
Federal District Judges seek to stultify Trump’s plans.
hygeiolatry
health fanaticism
The hygeiolatry obsessed California Soccer Mom gagged down her foul green Spinach-Beet Smoothie to help her colonic bioflora and hemic humors.
demarche
a formal diplomatic move by one government on another
Trump’s 125% Tariff demarche on China will hurt them.
mandamus
an order by a higher court forcing a lower court to act
The Supreme Court issued a mandamus on the District Courts to stop disallowing the deportation of illegal aliens.
ukase
a Russian Czar’s absolute edict
Biden’s ukase “get the covid vax or else” fell on the deaf ears of 70 million brave, defiant souls.
ecumenical
having the backing of more than one faction political or religious
The opinion on the deportation of criminal illegal aliens is an ecumenical mix of both conservatives and some liberals.
