From “exasperating farrago of distortions” to “Floccinaucinihilipilification”, Congress MP, Shashi Tharoor who turns 63 today, has always been in news for his usage of words that can make anyone feel how little English do they know. And what better day, then today to brush up the vocabulary that the Thiruvananthapuram MP has taught us, then his very birthday.
Here are 5 out of the several gems of words, the great politician has shared with us over the last few years!
Farrago
Part of speech: NOUN
Meaning: A confused mixture
Usage in a sentence: A farrago of fact and myth about Abraham Lincoln’
Exasperating farrago of distortions, misrepresentations&outright lies being broadcast by an unprincipled showman masquerading as a journalst
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) May 8, 2017
Snollygoster
Part of speech: NOUN
Meaning: A shrewd, unprincipled person, especially a politician
Usage in a sentence: Snollygosters must be thrown out of political office and other positions of power.
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Word of the day!
Definition of *snollygoster*
US dialect: a shrewd, unprincipled politician
First Known Use: 1845
Most recent use: 26/7/17— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) July 27, 2017
Rodomontade
1. Part of speech: NOUN
Meaning: Boastful or inflated talk or behaviour
Usage in a sentence: The corrupting effect the vogue for macho rodomontade may have even upon a civilized man.
2. Part of speech: VERB
Meaning: Talk boastfully
Usage in a sentence: He soon finds out there’s nothing to be gained by rodomontading.
To all the well-meaning folks who send me parodies of my supposed speaking/writing style: The purpose of speaking or writing is to communicate w/ precision. I choose my words because they are the best ones for the idea i want to convey, not the most obscure or rodomontade ones!
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) December 13, 2017
Puerile
Part of speech: Adjective
Meaning: Childishly silly and immature
Their harassment was puerile. One so-called journalist even asked “why do you have an evil laugh?” Another called me a murderer&added “sir”! https://t.co/QVmTVm5BaM
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) August 3, 2017
Floccinaucinihilipilification
Part of speech: Noun
Meaning: The action or habit of estimating something as worthless
My new book, THE PARADOXICAL PRIME MINISTER, is more than just a 400-page exercise in floccinaucinihilipilification. Pre-order it to find out why!https://t.co/yHuCh2GZDM
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) October 10, 2018
A ten-second audio version of this tweet: https://t.co/0Vb2vfbZrd
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) October 10, 2018
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