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feckless

[feck·less] lacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible.


Featured on February 12, 2026.
vitriol

[vit·ri·ol] cruel and bitter criticism. 

Featured on February 11, 2026. 
mooncalf
[MOON-kaff]  a person who lacks good sense or judgment
Featured on February 10, 2026. 
jejune

[je·june] naive, simplistic, and superficial.

Featured on February 9, 2026.
pedantic

[pe·dan·tic] of or like a pedant.

Featured on February 4, 2026.
lusk
[lusk] lazy, slothful, or to lounge/skulk around
Featured on February 3, 2026.
miscreant
[mis·cre·ant] a person who behaves badly or in a way that breaks the law.
Featured on February 2, 2026.
poltroon
[pol·troon] an utter coward.
Featured on January 29, 2026.
barbermonger
A man who frequents the barber's shop, or prides himself on being dressed by a barber; a fop.
Featured on January 28, 2026.
turgid

[tur·gid] swollen and distended or congested.

Featured on January 27, 2026.
milksop

[milk·sop] a person who is indecisive and lacks courage.

 

Featured on January 26, 2026.
japery

the act of clowning or pranking

Featured on January 19, 2026.
poltroon
[pol·troon] an utter coward.
Featured on January 14, 2026.
turgid

[tur·gid] swollen and distended or congested.

Featured on January 13, 2025.
vainglorious

[vain·glo·ri·ous] excessively proud of oneself or one's achievements; overly vain.

Featured on January 12, 2025.
plonker
[plonker] a stupid, foolish, or silly person.
Featured on January 8, 2025.
obtuse

[ob·tuse] annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand.

Featured on January 7, 2025.
gasconading
[Gasconading] boasting or bragging extravagantly, often in a boastful, blustering way about one's supposed accomplishments, skills, or bravery.
Featured on January 6, 2026.
parsimonious

[par·si·mo·ni·ous] unwilling to spend money or use resources; stingy or frugal.


Featured on January 5, 2026.
gaslighter

[gaslighter] a person who uses psychological methods to manipulate someone into questioning their own sanity, memory, or powers of reasoning.

Featured on December 22, 2025.
loogan
a fool, a newcomer, or a petty crook
Featured on December 18, 2025.
visigoth
[vis·i·gotha member of the western group of Goths who sacked Rome and created a kingdom in present-day Spain and southern France.
Featured on December 17, 2025.
puzzlewit
A stupid person
Featured on December 16, 2025
sophist

[soph·ista paid teacher of philosophy and rhetoric in ancient Greece, associated in popular thought with moral skepticism and specious reasoning.

Featured on December 15, 2025
churlish

[churl·ish] rude in a mean-spirited and surly way.

Featured on December 10, 2025.