Coming soon is the annual State of the Union speech, followed rapidly by dozens of gasbags givin' State of the State, State of the City, State of the
Snollygoster and state-of-whatever speeches.
I figured since every gasbag from the president to the Grand Poobah of Putterville has recently delivered their State of the Union, State of the State, State of the City and State of the
Snollygoster speeches, why shouldn't I?
IT'S a dictionary that took about 50 years to complete, and the final volume arrives just in time for the 2012 US presidential election with words such as
snollygoster, a southern US term for a self-promoting politician.
Snollygoster - noun: a shrewd, unprincipled person, especially a politician
Snollygoster A shrewd, unprincipled person, especially a politician It first appeared in English in a newspaper in Kentucky in the US, in 1846, but could have come from the German phrase schnelle geister or "quick spirit".
Just call him a blatherskite or even a snollygoster in reply.
And a blatherskite talks nonsense while a snollygoster is shrewd or unprincipled.
He writes, "After 30 years of occasionally saving lives, I learned that by writing and speaking, I can do more good for more citizens, while tolerating far fewer medical-political
snollygosters.
Are your friends all
snollygosters and do you call the doctor when you have otalgia?
As for
snollygosters, they are just shrewd or unprincipled people, while otalgia is nothing more than modern day earache.
