Wordcraft’s theme this week is insult words. Hooray!
Yesterday’s was troglodyte, which I already knew — one can’t read too many political blogs without encountering that baby, sooner or later. Usually delivered as a left jab :-D
Today’s was new to me: “excerebrose” brainless; having no brain.”
(I expect that’s what Barney’s handler called him after he discovered the shredded teddy bears.)
You tease! I came to your blog, started at the top and read this post first.
“Barney’s handler,” I thought, “What the hell is she talking about?” I imagined Barney, the big purple dinosaur that loves everybody. I saw the next line about shredded teddy bears and had NO IDEA what you were on about.
Then I shrugged, passing it off as a probably reference to some literary work that everyone in the world except me has read, and went on to your next post.
AH! The light of revelation!
Thank you.
:-)
I forget people aren’t always reading these in the same order I do!