Not a new one to me, but something I was recently reminded of. Related to sealioning, the Gish Gallop relies on an overflow of statements rather than questions. Gish Gallop: The Gish gallop /ˈɡɪʃ ˈɡæləp/ is a rhetorical technique in which a person in a debate attempts to overwhelm their opponent by providing an excessive number of arguments with no regard for the accuracy or strength of those arguments. In essence, it is prioritizing quantity of one's arguments at the expense of quality of said arguments.
peppercorn rent: A token or nominal rent. The name comes from leases where the rent is one peppercorn a year. Other kinds of token or nominal rents, such as £1, or a red rose each year, may also be referred to as peppercorn rents. A peppercorn rent is often found where a premium has been paid for a lease.
Bravura noun great technical skill and brilliance shown in a performance or activity."the recital ended with a blazing display of bravura" • the display of great daring."the show of bravura hid a guilty timidity"
charger plate: a plate that sits under one's dinner plate for no reason apparent to me. Maybe like a placemat?
Derogation. An exemption from, or relaxation of, a rule or law. I'm surprised I've not encountered that one before.
Inveigh verb speak or write about (something) with great hostility. "he liked to inveigh against all forms of academic training"
Folderol noun trivial or nonsensical fuss. "all the folderol of the athletic contests and the cheerleaders"
Confabulation - a symptom of various memory disorders in which made-up stories (which the brain believes to be true) fill in any gaps in memory = "honest lying"
Allodial adjective free from the tenurial rights of a feudal overlord. “This might have been done by converting the holdings of the men-at-arms into allodial estates, held direct from the Crown.”
Freudenfreude - the bliss we feel when someone else succeeds, even if we weren't directly involved in it. (the opposite of schadenfreude = pleasure witnessing someone else's misfortune)
Oxford Dictionaries said Monday that “goblin mode” has been selected by online vote as its word of the year. It defines the term as “a type of behavior which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations.” ‘Goblin mode’ is Oxford Dictionaries’ 2022 word of the year
“Gaslighting” — behavior that’s mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year. ‘Gaslighting’ is Merriam-Webster’s 2022 word of the year
Gaslight is a 1944 American psychological thriller film directed by George Cukor, and starring Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten and Angela Lansbury in her film debut. Here's the trailer
Felt by a multitude of sports fans all over the world when their team wins (along with its opposite, when a rival team loses).
