Your Weekly Vocab

My favorite words for the week...

1. "Classhole" n.-A classist, privileged asshole who attends Harvard and says incredibly offensive things. My friend Carl (formerly of McNair/SROP fame, recent Harvard M.A. graduate) told me of this in a phone conversation Tuesday night and I shrieked with delight.

2. "Brachydactylous" adj.-Having stubby fingers. From "Grossman's Glossary of Every Humorous Word in the English Language," a booklet my friend Susan mailed to me because she knows how I love etymologies.

3. "Albocracy" n.-Government by white men (also from the Glossary).

4. "Aerodontalgia" n.-A toothache caused by an approaching storm. This one's for my sister.

5. "Bubulcitate" v.-To yell at cows. I'm sure people back home in Michigan actually use this word.

6. "Bulbitate" v.-To shit one's pants. I could publicly incriminate several of my good friends here, but I'll resist the urge.