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Assassination
1
: murder by sudden or secret attack often for political reasons : the act or an instance of assassinating someone (such as a prominent political leader)
the assassination of Abraham Lincoln

an assassination attempt

In medieval days, assassination by poisoning was common enough to alarm many a king, and protection was sought in the form of prayers, food tasters and science.—The New York Times


2
: treacherous destruction of a person's reputation
character assassination
 
Vice President -
Today vice presidents serve as principal advisors to the president, but from 1789 until the 1950s their primary duty was to preside over the Senate. Since the 1830s, vice presidents have occupied offices near the Senate Chamber.
 
Factard -
Someone who is incapable of understanding the difference between an actually factually documented occurrence and opinion, myth, urban legends and outright lies. - as on Twitter-X
In commenting on viral videos, a person who ignores the message of an entire video to slam the creator for one little, insignificant point.
 
THURSDAY, JULY 18, 2024

hobnob​

[ hob-nob ]
verb
to associate on very friendly terms
 
Blue Screen of Death - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/microsoft-crowdstrike-outage-blue-screen-of-death-how-to-fix/
: a screen (see screen entry 1 sense 4b) that usually consists of an error message displayed in white text on a solid blue background and that occurs when an electronic device has encountered an error from which it cannot recover
RAM problems can lead to application crashes, file corruption, and the dreaded blue screen of death.

Assuming you're not yet running Windows 10, you'll get a blue screen filled with intimidating text. Microsoft calls this a Stop Error, but everyone else prefers a more descriptive term: The Blue Screen of Death …—
Lincoln Spector and Ian Paul

Even now, the Blue Screen of Death is a semi-regular phenomenon for most Windows users.—
Ben Allen

The blue screen of death was traditionally something that PC users were all too familiar with. If you saw a blue screen of death on a PC, it usually meant that you would lose what you were working on—the horror!
 
louche
adjective
  1. disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way
  2. of questionable taste or morality but also attractive in a way.

... from the French louche, which also means “squinting,” and that word comes from the Latin lusca, meaning “one-eyed.”
 
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frabjous
adjective
  1. delightful; joyous
Origin
1871: coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass, apparently to suggest fair and joyous
 

crapulous​

adjective
  1. marked by intemperance especially in eating or drinking, bibulous
  2. sick from excessive indulgence in liquor
 
defervesce.
verb

  1. experience an abatement of a fever.
  2. undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.
 
acerbic
adjective
  1. (especially of a comment or style of speaking) sharp and forthright
  2. ARCHAIC
    tasting sour or bitter
 
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