It's Word Day

It's a good day to review some ill defined or flat out wrongly characterized words, eh?

 Postiche
noun
1) a false hairpiece.
2) pretense; sham.

Both definitions  can easily be applied to our ridiculously spoiled, heinously styled Toddler in Chief

Shrievalty
noun
the office, term, or jurisdiction of a sheriff.

Dunno about you but, to me, this sounds way more like a bug you might catch from gettin’down and dirty with someone who’s…emmm…not hygienically oriented.

Dissemble
verb
1) to conceal one’s true motives, thoughts, etc., by some pretense; speak or act hypocritically.
2) to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of

Take Trump for example – this greedheaded, dissembling wastrel ran for President in order to significantly boost his income, lining his pockets with millions NOT to help the middle class get a leg up. 

Logogriph
noun
an anagram, or a puzzle involving anagrams.

No, this is an animal who displays its corporate sponsorship (as our elected officials SHOULD do).
Athenaeum
noun
a library or reading room.

I just love the sound of this word. For me it speaks of a peaceful, quiet, squawking child-free place to sit, read and enjoy a nice hot toddy.

Diablerie
noun
the domain or realm of devils.

The name/ the title sounds positively lovely. I imagine it as a store selling sweet delicacies. Dear, I'm headed down to the diablerie to pick up some Prosecco and those wonderful truffles you're so fond of.

Univocal
adjective
having only one meaning; unambiguous.

Nope, this is actually what happens when your duet partner dumps you. E.g: Paul Simon became univocal when Garfunkel went off to Hollywood for a promised/hoped for big silver screen career.

Dopester
noun
a person who undertakes to predict the outcome of elections, sports events, or other contests that hold the public interest.

Are you kidding me? NO! A dopester is someone who’s continually either on the nod or out hunting up more skag.

Volute
noun
Architecture. a spiral ornament, found especially in the capitals of the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders.

Again, WRONG. A volute is a small furry creature related to the hedgehog – most commonly found in New Zealand.

Solmization
noun
Music. the act, process, or system of using certain syllables, especially the sol-fa syllables, to represent the tones of the scale.

This one's nice but doesn't earn the dictionary author a bowl of Skittles. Clearly, solmization is when you are gravely serious about some shit or other. You are in a state of solmization. This is what Mary Tyler Moore tried so desperately to achieve at Chuckles the Clowns funeral. Granted, her failure to maintain solmization WAS spectacularly funny AND relatable.

Rococo
adjective
noting or pertaining to a style of painting developed simultaneously with the rococo in architecture and decoration, characterized chiefly by smallness of scale, delicacy of color, freedom of brushwork, and the selection of playful subjects as thematic material.

ALSO, my dear departed Rocco’s full name.

Sequacious
adjective
Archaic. following, imitating, or serving another person, especially unreasoningly.

Dense Pence is absolutely sequacious regarding the Velveeta Vulgarian. It’s just a shock he hasn’t started frequenting cut rate tanning salons. Or maybe he HAS!

Voluptuary
noun
a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit and enjoyment of luxury and sensual pleasure.

Me in another, more cash endowed life.

Scienter
noun
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:

Huh, interesting. I imagine, in the dictionary, thre’s a pic of bad old von Clownstick next to this.

OR this is a verb – usually seen in the present participle state. E.g., Craig was busy scientering the fuck outta his current project at CERN.

Shunpike
noun
a side road taken instead of a turnpike or expressway to avoid tolls or to travel at a leisurely pace.

Nope, this is the word used when you’re conveying your unwillingness to eat the fish that you've been served.

In long form – you’re shunning the pike but would really like a nice salmon fillet

Catastrophize
verb
to view or talk about (an event or situation) as worse than it actually is, or as if it were a catastrophe:

This applies specifically to the times Coco plays Houdini and I have to run all over the neighborhood to find her and bring her home. It IS catastrophizing.