Wanda Words – “Discommode” doesn’t mean throwing you off the toilet AND “An Easier Read Than My Last Post”

October 13, 2017 – I received some positive feedback and some not-so-positive feedback after my last post on “Measuring Up.”  Without apologizing for causing difficulty in your reading – what’s the point? – let me reassure you that I edited that son-of-a-gun post at least five times in an attempt to make it more readable.  Apparently I only achieved partial success.  Darn it!

Moving on to lighter things, I’ve come upon some fun Wanda Words of the Week in our local, national paper that you might or might not know.  An interesting set, if you think about it.  Shall we give them a try?  (Definitions are from Dictionary.com and Merriam-Webster.com.)

Jeremiad  – a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint; a cautionary or angry harangue

Revanchism  –   a foreign policy aimed at revenge or the regaining of lost territories or status;  desire or support for such a policy

Mendicant  – adjective –  begging; practicing begging; living on alms; pertaining to or characteristic of a beggar.